Table 9. Use of physician services and prescribed drugs for adults 18 years or over with a functional limitation, by Medicaid eligibility, poverty level, and aid category: United States, 1980.

Item	Population in thousands	Persons with a functional limitation
		Percent with at least one—		Mean
		Physician visit	Prescribed drug	Physician visits	Prescribed drugs	Restricted activity days
18-44 years
Without Medicaid:
Poor1	1,112	84.0	79.6	25.7	5.8	37
Not poor	7,061	87.6	81.1	7.8	7.2	33
With Medicaid	1,604	85.8	83.3	39.7	2,311.2	45
AFDC, cash	803	92.5	290.1	38.9	2,310.4	36
Other4	471	91.6	85.2	2,312.2	311.2	260
45-64 years
Without Medicaid:
Poor1	2,259	280.0	76.9	7.1	12.6	248
Not poor	10,111	89.0	83.9	7.8	13.3	36
With Medicaid	1,841	84.0	80.9	2,310.9	2,320.7	257
SSI blind or disabled, cash	766	77.9	76.2	9.6	2,320.3	61
Other4	829	90.4	85.6	2,312.5	2,323.7	258
65 years or over
Without Medicaid:
Poor1	3,095	85.9	85.1	26.7	14.4	39
Not poor	7,646	88.1	87.3	8.5	16.1	37
With Medicaid	3,167	91.2	90.4	39.8	318.0	2,367
SSI aged, cash	1,817	91.3	90.3	8.2	14.3	259
Other4	1,132	89.3	88.7	2,311.6	2,322.6	2,386

¹Less than or equal to 150 percent of the poverty level (income adjusted for family size).

²Significantly different at the .05 level from the population without Medicaid who are not poor.

³Significantly different at the .05 level from the population without Medicaid who are poor.

⁴All 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.