TABLE 11.

Meals-on-Wheels Recipients’ Use of Benefits and Entitlements

	White %	Black %	Hispanic %	Total %
Received Medicare***	89.6	81.3	85.9	87.0
Received Medicaid***	11.2	23.3	51.4	19.3
Received Medicare drug card***	22.8	28.6	39.5	26.4
Received Social Security***	95.7	91.4	84.3	93.2
Received supplemental security income***	8.5	15.9	34.1	13.6
Received food stamps***	7.2	10.9	29.2	10.9
Received reduced fare card**	25.3	34.9	30.3	28.4
Received rent exemptions***	15.2	17.0	35.1	18.1
Received EPIC*	27.4	24.8	18.4	25.6

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.