Table 6. Aged Persons Served Per 1,000 Enrollees by Type of Medicare Service and by Buy-in Status, U.S. 1978.
| Type of Service | Persons Served Per 1,000 Enrollees | Ratio: With to Without Buy-in | |||||
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| All Persons | Without Buy-in | With Buy-in | |||||
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| Actual | Standardized1 | Actual | Standardized1 | Actual | Standardized1 | ||
| Inpatient Hospital | 227 | 217 | 220 | 315 | 302 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Home Health Agency-HI | 23 | 21 | 21 | 38 | 36 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Physicians' Services | 569 | 552 | 555 | 721 | 704 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Other Medical Services | 162 | 149 | 151 | 280 | 258 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Outpatient Services | 227 | 214 | 215 | 333 | 336 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Home Health Agency -SMI | 10 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1
Age adjusted.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy, Office of Statistics and Data Management: Data from the Medicare Statistical System.