Table 3. Service utilization and program expenditures of the New Jersey AIDS-specific Medicaid waiver program¹.

Service	Percent of total program expenditures2 ($10,899,906)	Average expenditures per person (n = 538)	Percent of enrollees using service3 (n = 538)	Average paid per user of each service
Total average cost per person	—	$20,260	—	—
Waivered services	16	$3,266	100	—
Case management	3	548	92	$548
Private duty nursing	8	1,715	20	8,465
Personal care assistants	3	443	13	3,501
Medical day care	<1	70	3	2,366
Home drug abuse treatment	<1	9	2	257
Family-based foster care	<1	43	5	789
Group home foster care	2	438	2	26,165
State plan services	84	$16,994	98	—
Pharmacy	16	3,280	94	3,481
Physician	2	340	79	429
Inpatient hospital	50	10,212	57	18,013
Outpatient hospital	4	733	69	1,066
Independent clinic	<1	90	20	442
Home health agency (visiting nurse, physical therapy, etc.)	6	1,231	58	2,117
Medical supplies and equipment	4	860	64	1,349
Transportation	1	179	40	451
Independent laboratory	<1	13	20	67
Dental	<1	37	18	206
Optometric	<1	5	13	36
Optical appliance	<1	3	10	33
Durable medical equipment	<1	3	1	305
Psychology	<1	8	1	683
Podiatry	<1	<1	1	37
Chiropractor	<1	1	<1	225

¹Based on claims for services provided March 1, 1987, through January 1, 1989, for clients enrolled by November 30, 1988.

²Includes both waiver and State plan expenditures for program participants. Percents may not total 100 because of rounding.

³Percents do not total 100 because of multiple response categories.

NOTES: AIDS is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (n = 538) is number of people in the population.

SOURCE: New Jersey State Department of Human Services, Division of Budget and Accounting, Bureau of Data Processing: Data from Medicaid claims file.