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. 1987 Fall;9(1):1–20.

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

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
1

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.