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Table 8. Use of physician services and prescribed drugs for adults 18 years or over in fair or poor health, by Medicaid eligibility, poverty level, and aid category: United States, 1980.

Item	Population in thousands	Persons in fair or poor health

		Percent with at least one—		Mean

		Physician visit	Prescribed drug	Physician visits	Prescribed drugs	Restricted activity days
18-44 years
Without Medicaid:
Poor¹	1,387	77.4	²67.4	8.6	²6.0	28
Not poor	4,400	85.2	86.6	8.4	9.0	33
With Medicaid	1,961	³90.5	³84.5	9.5	³10.1	42
AFDC, cash	1,097	²^,³93.4	³86.6	8.4	8.3	30
Other⁴	497	89.7	83.8	11.2	10.7	51
45-64 years
Without Medicaid:
Poor¹	1,936	²77.8	²73.3	6.7	12.8	46
Not poor	6,294	86.4	82.9	7.7	14.8	39
With Medicaid	1,708	86.1	³84.2	²^,³10.8	²^,³21.9	²58
SSI blind or disabled, cash	708	75.4	78.9	9.7	³20.8	64
Other⁴	763	²^,³96.6	²^,³93.4	²^,³12.9	²^,³26.1	²59
65 years or over
Without Medicaid:
Poor¹	2,077	84.3	82.6	7.5	14.8	80
Not poor	4,515	88.3	87.0	9.0	17.7	74
With Medicaid	2,132	²^,³94.7	²^,³93.8	³11.0	³20.9	54
SSI aged, cash	1,184	³92.6	³91.4	8.9	15.9	72
Other⁴	813	²^,³96.8	²^,³96.3	²^,³13.5	²^,³27.3	90

Less than or equal to 150 percent of the poverty level (income adjusted for family size).

Significantly different at the .05 level from the population without Medicaid who are not poor.

Significantly different at the .05 level from the population without Medicaid who are poor.

⁴

All noncash eligibles and all State-only eligibles, both cash and noncash.

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 household survey component, National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey, 1980.