Table 7. Use of health services for persons under 18 years with 15 or more restricted-activity days, by Medicaid eligibility, poverty level, and aid category: United States, 1980.
| Item | Persons with 15 or more restricted-activity days | |||||
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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 | 477 | 96.5 | 91.0 | (2) | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| Not poor | 1,867 | 99.1 | 92.6 | 22.3 | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| With Medicaid | 685 | 94.9 | 88.1 | (2) | 7.3 | 5.2 |
| AFDC, cash | 505 | 95.5 | 86.3 | (2) | 7.3 | 4.9 |
| All other | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) |
| 6-17 years | ||||||
| Without Medicaid: | ||||||
| Poor1 | 754 | 93.0 | 68.5 | (1) | 5.4 | 2.8 |
| Not poor | 4,386 | 94.1 | 78.2 | 20.7 | 6.3 | 3.9 |
| With Medicaid | 828 | 398.7 | 73.4 | 30.8 | 6.2 | 3.2 |
| AFDC, cash | 693 | 100.0 | 74.1 | 35.0 | 6.6 | 3.4 |
| 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.