Table 6. Use of health services for persons under 18 years in fair or poor health, by Medicaid eligibility, poverty level, and aid category: United States, 1980.
| Item | Persons in fair or poor health | |||||
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| Population in thousands | Percent with at least one— | Mean | ||||
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| Physician visit | Prescribed drug | Hospital stay | Physician visits | Prescribed drugs | ||
| Under 6 years | ||||||
| Without Medicaid: | ||||||
| Poor1 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) |
| Not poor | 379 | 95.8 | 85.9 | (2) | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| With Medicaid | 316 | 90.3 | 83.2 | (2) | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| AFDC, cash | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) |
| All other | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) |
| 6-17 years | ||||||
| Without Medicaid: | ||||||
| Poor1 | (2) | (2) | (2) | — | (2) | (2) |
| Not poor | 835 | 91.9 | 79.6 | (2) | 8.4 | 6.3 |
| With Medicaid | 536 | 85.0 | 72.1 | (2) | 6.0 | 33.8 |
| AFDC, cash | 454 | 82.3 | 72.3 | (2) | 5.8 | 33.8 |
| All other | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) |
1
Less than or equal to 150 percent of the poverty level (income adjusted for family size).
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 population without Medicaid who are not poor.
NOTE: AFDC is Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration and National Center for Health Statistics: Data from the household survey component, National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey, 1980.