Table 2. Medicare Beneficiaries: Assignment Rates for Aged and Disabled Beneficiaries, by State, 1975.
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| Area of Residence | Percent of Services Assigned | Percent of Charges Assigned | Percent of Services Assigned | Percent of Charges Assigned |
| United States | 45.8 | 47.2 | 59.7 | 62.4 |
| Northeast | 56.8 | 59.9 | 70.3 | 74.2 |
| New England | 66.3 | 64.6 | 79.1 | 79.7 |
| Maine | 78.2 | 72.5 | 82.5 | 91.3 |
| New Hampshire | 58.0 | 52.3 | 73.4 | 74.4 |
| Vermont | 68.8 | 70.6 | 96.5 | 96.4 |
| Massachusetts | 76.3 | 77.4 | 84.2 | 83.4 |
| Rhode Island | 80.6 | 81.6 | 86.8 | 89.7 |
| Connecticut | 31.2 | 31.2 | 51.7 | 52.9 |
| Middle Atlantic | 53.8 | 58.6 | 68.2 | 73.0 |
| New York | 54.9 | 57.7 | 67.9 | 67.4 |
| New Jersey | 46.2 | 52.3 | 63.4 | 72.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 56.9 | 65.1 | 72.1 | 82.0 |
| North Central | 35.2 | 36.7 | 55.0 | 57.5 |
| East North Central | 36.7 | 38.6 | 56.6 | 59.1 |
| Ohio | 27.3 | 26.6 | 48.7 | 52.2 |
| Indiana | 27.6 | 25.0 | 38.5 | 35.1 |
| Illinois | 31.5 | 32.2 | 52.9 | 57.9 |
| Michigan | 65.8 | 66.0 | 74.7 | 78.2 |
| Wisconsin | 43.6 | 35.6 | 70.3 | 54.6 |
| West North Central | 32.4 | 32.8 | 50.6 | 52.6 |
| Minnesota | 32.3 | 29.5 | 54.9 | 60.5 |
| Iowa | 28.8 | 25.8 | 53.1 | 46.9 |
| Missouri | 29.7 | 31.8 | 47.4 | 49.5 |
| North Dakota | 36.9 | 33.2 | 43.7 | 33.7 |
| South Dakota | 24.2 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 40.5 |
| Nebraska | 26.5 | 29.6 | 63.7 | 68.4 |
| Kansas | 50.8 | 52.4 | 50.3 | 50.7 |
| South | 47.6 | 46.1 | 58.9 | 59.2 |
| South Atlantic | 42.8 | 43.8 | 58.5 | 60.1 |
| Delaware | 62.0 | 62.1 | 89.7 | 71.6 |
| Maryland | 54.1 | 57.2 | 65.5 | 72.3 |
| District of Columbia | 58.6 | 68.8 | 78.8 | 78.8 |
| Virginia | 48.2 | 49.4 | 67.6 | 67.1 |
| West Virginia | 45.7 | 47.5 | 62.4 | 73.4 |
| North Carolina | 45.7 | 46.7 | 54.2 | 50.9 |
| South Carolina | 59.2 | 61.1 | 65.4 | 66.6 |
| Georgia | 53.6 | 53.2 | 59.5 | 60.2 |
| Florida | 32.4 | 34.5 | 49.0 | 53.6 |
| East South Central | 52.9 | 50.6 | 59.9 | 58.5 |
| Kentucky | 38.0 | 37.8 | 44.0 | 36.7 |
| Tennesse | 43.7 | 43.3 | 57.8 | 56.5 |
| Alabama | 59.7 | 60.1 | 64.7 | 68.6 |
| Mississippi | 70.1 | 62.7 | 68.7 | 66.6 |
| West South Central | 51.4 | 48.0 | 58.6 | 58.1 |
| Arkansas | 57.5 | 52.2 | 59.1 | 66.9 |
| Louisiana | 39.1 | 33.1 | 46.1 | 45.7 |
| Oklahoma | 32.6 | 31.2 | 33.1 | 41.4 |
| Texas | 56.7 | 54.2 | 66.4 | 63.1 |
| West | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mountain | 35.8 | 37.4 | 48.0 | 53.3 |
| Montana | 22.5 | 22.6 | 11.7 | 20.0 |
| Idaho | 21.5 | 26.3 | 65.3 | 53.8 |
| Wyoming | 27.5 | 30.8 | 52.1 | 31.0 |
| Colorado | 50.3 | 48.8 | 61.1 | 65.8 |
| New Mexico | 45.1 | 47.7 | 51.4 | 60.9 |
| Arizona | 27.1 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 35.0 |
| Utah | 35.3 | 41.0 | 50.2 | 33.2 |
| Nevada | 42.6 | 47.5 | 71.1 | 80.3 |
| Pacific | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington | 34.5 | 34.2 | 54.4 | 55.6 |
| Oregon | 18.0 | 19.9 | 37.5 | 36.3 |
| California | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alaska | 34.0 | 38.2 | 28.4 | 25.3 |
| Hawaii | 39.1 | 38.5 | 74.6 | 69.5 |
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Codes submitted for this data base to indicate whether claims were assigned are unreliable for California. Because California's assignment rate significantly affects the rate for the census division and region, data on assignment rates are also omitted for the Pacific division and the Western region. Workload reports generated by the Bureau of Program Operations, HCFA, indicate that 57.6 percent of total claims (aged and disabled combined) and 48.4 percent of total charges processed by California fiscal agents (carriers) in 1975 were assigned.