Table 7. Selected data for Medicaid child enrollees in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) noncash group: Georgia and New York, 1982; California and Michigan, 1983.
Item | AFDC noncash | |||
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| ||||
California | Georgia | Michigan | New York | |
Mean length of enrollment in months for study year | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
Percent male enrollees | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 |
Age: | ||||
Under 1 year | 14 | 10 | 14 | 17 |
1-4 years | 21 | 26 | 23 | 19 |
5-9 years | 22 | 26 | 24 | 20 |
10-14 years | 22 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
15-18 years | 21 | 13 | 16 | 22 |
Percent using any Medicaid service | 70 | 70 | 77 | 71 |
Percent using inpatient hospital services | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
Hospital days per user | 12 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
Percent using physician/ambulatory care | 53 | 55 | 66 | 60 |
Physician/ambulatory care visits per user | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Percent using dental services | 28 | 30 | 28 | 24 |
Dental visits per user | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Percent using prescription drugs | 42 | 44 | 50 | 37 |
Prescriptions per user | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Percent using long-term care | (1) | 0 | (1) | (1) |
Annual expenditure per enrollee: | ||||
All services | $642 | $316 | $475 | $807 |
Inpatient hospital | 413 | 144 | 251 | 560 |
Physician/ambulatory | 97 | 53 | 76 | 153 |
Long-term care | 3 | 0 | 19 | 29 |
Other | 129 | 119 | 129 | 65 |
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.