Table 9. Selected data for Medicaid child enrollees in disabled institutionalized group: Georgia and New York, 1982; California and Michigan, 1983.
Item | Institutionalized disabled children | |||
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California | Georgia | Michigan | New York | |
Mean length of enrollment in months for study year | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 8.5 |
Percent male enrollees | 58 | 61 | 58 | 58 |
Age: | ||||
Under 1 year | 1 | 1 | (1) | 1 |
1-4 years | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
5-9 years | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
10-14 years | 20 | 27 | 21 | 21 |
15-18 years | 35 | 36 | 35 | 36 |
19-20 years | 29 | 22 | 31 | 25 |
Percent using any Medicaid service | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Percent using inpatient hospital services | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
Hospital days per user | 19 | 14 | 15 | 37 |
Percent using physician/ambulatory care | 65 | 39 | 76 | 53 |
Physician/ambulatory care visits per user | 25 | 7 | 17 | 20 |
Percent using dental services | 30 | 5 | 27 | 14 |
Dental visits per user | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Percent using prescription drugs | 54 | 27 | 64 | 23 |
Prescriptions per user | 23 | 26 | 28 | 13 |
Percent using long-term care | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Long-term care days per user | 302 | 335 | 300 | 245 |
Annual expenditure per enrollee: | ||||
All services | $27,882 | $25,053 | $29,967 | $36,388 |
Inpatient hospital | 1,758 | 686 | 896 | 2,047 |
Physician/ambulatory | 458 | 55 | 212 | 593 |
Long-term care | 24,761 | 24,068 | 28,205 | 33,406 |
Other | 905 | 244 | 654 | 342 |
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.