Table 14. Use of hospital services by perceived health status, functional limitation, and Medicaid aid category: United States and four States, 1980.
| Item | Persons in fair or poor he health | Persons with a functional limitation1 | ||||
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| Population in thousands | Percent with at least one admission | Average hospital days per person | Population in thousands | Percent with at least one admission | Average hospital days per person | |
| AFDC, cash4 | ||||||
| United States | 1,324 | 28.9 | 4.1 | 1,049 | 31.0 | 3.1 |
| California | 106 | 23.6 | 1.5 | 87 | (2) | 1.0 |
| Michigan | 68 | 30.8 | 3.2 | 56 | 29.6 | 3.7 |
| New York | 140 | 314.5 | 3.8 | 106 | (2) | 3.7 |
| Texas | 37 | 33.1 | 4.1 | 30 | 34.1 | 4.4 |
| SSI blind or disabled, cash4 | ||||||
| United States | 1,201 | 27.0 | 5.6 | 1,303 | 26.6 | 5.2 |
| California | 247 | 28.1 | 4.1 | 280 | 25.4 | 3.6 |
| Michigan | 45 | 30.4 | 6.0 | 49 | 33.2 | 6.9 |
| New York | 160 | 25.6 | 6.2 | 167 | 25.0 | 5.8 |
| Texas | 52 | 343.2 | 8.1 | 60 | 37.0 | 6.2 |
| SSI aged, cash | ||||||
| United States | 1,205 | 30.2 | 5.5 | 1,828 | 28.8 | 5.8 |
| California | 140 | 40.5 | 5.6 | 226 | 32.6 | 3.9 |
| Michigan | 19 | 30.4 | 7.2 | 23 | 22.6 | 4.8 |
| New York | 83 | 21.4 | 6.0 | 114 | 23.3 | 5.0 |
| Texas | 105 | 37.0 | 5.7 | 136 | 34.7 | 5.2 |
| Other4,5 | ||||||
| United States | 2,072 | 40.3 | 9.3 | 2,432 | 38.8 | 8.2 |
| California | 200 | 328.4 | 34.1 | 232 | 326.0 | 34.5 |
| Michigan | 52 | 36.1 | 6.2 | 57 | 34.4 | 6.5 |
| New York | 118 | 328.3 | 35.0 | 125 | 323.5 | 34.2 |
| Texas | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) |
1
Not asked of persons under 17 years of age. Excludes persons who died during the year.
2
Fewer than 20 cases or relative standard error greater than or equal to 50 percent.
3
Significantly different at the .05 level from the total U.S. Medicaid population.
4
Only persons 18 years of age or over.
5
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.