Table 10. Selected data for Medicaid child enrollees in Ribicoff group: New York, 1982; California and Michigan, 1983.
Item | Ribicoff children | ||
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| |||
California | Michigan1 | New York | |
Mean length of enrollment in months for study year | 5.8 | 8.0 | 6.9 |
Percent male enrollees | 48 | 51 | 50 |
Age: | |||
Under 1 year | 18 | 7 | 12 |
1-4 years | 22 | 10 | 19 |
5-9 years | 14 | 8 | 16 |
10-14 years | 10 | 9 | 14 |
15-18 years | 14 | 26 | 19 |
19-20 years | 22 | 39 | 19 |
Percent using any Medicaid service | 73 | 83 | 81 |
Percent using inpatient hospital services | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Hospital days per user | 12 | 9 | 11 |
Percent using physician/ambulatory care | 58 | 73 | 73 |
Physician/ambulatory care visits per user | 10 | 7 | 10 |
Percent using dental services | 26 | 33 | 28 |
Dental visits per user | — | 3 | 3 |
Percent using prescription drugs | 46 | 60 | 50 |
Prescriptions per user | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Percent using long-term care | (2) | 2 | (2) |
Annual expenditure per enrollee: | |||
All services | $1,237 | $1,078 | $716 |
Inpatient hospital | 821 | 410 | 377 |
Physician/ambulatory | 175 | 99 | 205 |
Long-term care | 29 | 341 | 30 |
Other | 212 | 228 | 104 |
Michigan data include both Ribicoff and child welfare children; however, Michigan officials estimated that the vast majority of the children reported in this group qualified under the Ribicoff provisions. Thus, the combined Michigan data are used for comparison with data on Ribicoff children in California and New York.
Less than 1 percent.
NOTE: Data were calculated using person-years.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Research and Demonstrations: Data from the Medicaid Tape-to-Tape project, 1982 and 1983.