Table 1. Statistics for Selected Characteristics of the Estimation Samples.
| Characteristic | Blue Cross®/Blue Shield® | Medicaid | ||
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| Continuing Enrollees | New Enrollees | Continuing Enrollees | New Enrollees | |
| Mean Annualized Payments1 | 2,287 | 1,917 | 3,003 | 2,587 |
| Mean Annualized Plan Liability2 | 961 | 809 | 1,046 | 951 |
| Mean Age | 76.2 | 68.7 | 63.3 | 65.3 |
| Percent | ||||
| Male | 40.1 | 45.6 | 36.4 | 33.2 |
| Disabled | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.9 | 26.6 |
| Originally Disabled | 3.2 | 1.3 | 10.8 | 0.8 |
| Diabetes | 19.4 | — | 24.2 | — |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 25.2 | — | 14.9 | — |
| Other Major Psychiatric Disorders | 0.1 | — | 20.8 | — |
| Disorders of Lipoid Metabolism | 45.0 | — | 24.6 | — |
| Observations | 726,705 | 51,734 | 130,207 | 20,208 |
1
Annualized payments equal actual payments divided by the proportion of year in fee-for-service.
2
Annualized plan liability is equal to actual plan liability divided by the proportion of year in fee-for-service.
NOTES: Annualized payments and liability are projected to calendar year 2006. Data represent 1999/2000 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and 2001/2002 BC®BS® enrollees.
SOURCE: Robst, J., University of South Florida, Levy, J.M., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Ingber, M.J., RTI International, 2007.