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. 1987 Fall;9(1):1–20.

Table 8. Selected data for Medicaid child enrollees in disabled cash and disabled noncash (noninstitutionalized) group: Georgia and New York, 1982; California and Michigan, 1983.

Item California Georgia1 Michigan New York




Disabled cash Disabled noncash Disabled cash Disabled cash Disabled noncash Disabled cash Disabled noncash
Mean length of enrollment in months for study year 10.7 7.6 10.8 10.3 8.2 9.4 5.6
Percent male enrollees 57 57 57 57 59 59 58
Age:
 Under 1 year (2) 5 2 (2) 3 3 13
 1-4 years 10 12 11 9 7 9 8
 5-9 years 18 18 19 16 9 17 8
 10-14 years 22 16 23 19 5 26 16
 15-18 years 26 24 27 27 25 27 30
 19-20 years 24 25 19 29 51 18 25
Percent using any Medicaid service 89 76 85 86 90 81 72
Percent using inpatient hospital services 14 23 21 12 18 15 31
 Hospital days per user 13 70 13 14 31 20 93
Percent using physician/ambulatory care 74 62 73 77 77 75 49
 Physician/ambulatory care visits per user 13 31 10 8 16 17 32
Percent using dental services 36 22 27 32 26 26 14
 Dental visits per user 2 2 2 2 3
Percent using prescription drugs 65 47 67 66 70 49 28
 Prescriptions per user 10 10 12 14 17 9 11
Percent using long-term care
Annual expenditure per enrollee:
 All services $2,314 $13,362 $1,694 $1,347 $4,120 $1,956 $9,715
  Inpatient hospital 1,190 11,399 1,085 786 3,120 1,050 8,969
  Physician/ambulatory 285 791 129 99 188 603 460
  Long-term care
  Other 839 1,172 480 462 812 303 286
1

Because Georgia had only 41 children in the disabled noncash—noninstitutionalized group in 1982, data for this group are not presented.

2

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.