Table 13. Use of physician services and prescribed drugs by perceived health status, functional limitation, and Medicaid aid category: United States and four States, 1980.
| Item | Persons in fair or poor health | Persons with a functional limitation1 | ||||||
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| Population in thousands | Percent with at least one physician visit | Mean | Population in thousands | Percent with at least one physician visit | Mean | |||
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| Physician visits | Prescribed drugs | Physician visits | Prescribed drugs | |||||
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| Under 18 years: | ||||||||
| United States | 652 | 84.9 | 5.3 | 3.6 | — | — | — | — |
| California | 92 | 84.4 | 6.2 | 22.3 | — | — | — | — |
| Michigan | 50 | 83.4 | 4.9 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — |
| New York | 72 | 93.7 | 6.9 | 3.7 | — | — | — | — |
| Texas | 24 | 79.0 | 4.6 | 22.2 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 years or over: | ||||||||
| United States | 1,324 | 92.6 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 1,049 | 91.0 | 9.1 | 11.5 |
| California | 106 | 91.0 | 8.9 | 24.4 | 87 | 88.2 | 10.3 | 25.4 |
| Michigan | 68 | 91.5 | 8.2 | 25.8 | 56 | 87.9 | 8.8 | 27.0 |
| New York | 140 | 86.4 | 10.9 | 25.8 | 106 | 94.6 | 12.7 | 26.7 |
| Texas | 37 | 86.4 | 7.4 | 25.6 | 30 | 93.9 | 8.7 | 26.7 |
| SSI blind or disabled, cash3 | ||||||||
| United States | 1,201 | 80.3 | 10.6 | 19.5 | 1,303 | 77.2 | 9.7 | 18.4 |
| California | 247 | 292.5 | 215.8 | 210.9 | 280 | 290.1 | 214.4 | 210.2 |
| Michigan | 45 | 293.4 | 12.0 | 210.6 | 49 | 294.0 | 11.2 | 210.2 |
| New York | 160 | 295.5 | 219.9 | 211.3 | 167 | 293.5 | 220.6 | 210.7 |
| Texas | 52 | 90.1 | 11.3 | 211.7 | 60 | 88.2 | 10.4 | 210.9 |
| SSI aged, cash | ||||||||
| United States | 1,205 | 91.7 | 8.8 | 15.6 | 1,828 | 90.7 | 8.2 | 14.2 |
| California | 140 | 94.4 | 213.6 | 211.0 | 226 | 90.9 | 212.1 | 29.6 |
| Michigan | 19 | 94.0 | 9.5 | 210.9 | 23 | 90.1 | 8.8 | 210.6 |
| New York | 83 | 91.7 | 9.9 | 29.6 | 114 | 91.3 | 9.1 | 29.5 |
| Texas | 105 | 89.0 | 8.5 | 211.2 | 136 | 88.8 | 7.6 | 210.3 |
| Other3,4 | ||||||||
| United States | 2,072 | 95.0 | 12.7 | 22.9 | 2,362 | 83.8 | 12.0 | 20.8 |
| California | 200 | 89.7 | 11.7 | 27.3 | 213 | 291.8 | 11.9 | 27.5 |
| Michigan | 52 | 87.0 | 10.9 | 210.0 | 54 | 295.0 | 11.5 | 211.0 |
| New York | 118 | 96.7 | 219.4 | 29.7 | 120 | 295.7 | 217.8 | 29.0 |
| Texas | 10 | 86.9 | 8.8 | 27.4 | 8 | 83.7 | 11.5 | 29.0 |
1
Not asked of persons under 17 years of age. Excludes persons who died during the year.
2
Significantly different at the .05 level from the total U.S. Medicaid population.
3
Only persons 18 years of age or over.
4
All noncash eligibles and all State-only eligibles, both cash and noncash. Texas has no medically needy or State-only program and only a small number of noncash eligibles.
NOTES: AFDC is Aid to Families with Dependent Children; SSI is Supplemental Security Income.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration and National Center for Health Statistics: Data from the State Medicaid household survey, National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey, 1980.