Table 18. Disabled beneficiaries use of Medicare hospital insurance benefits, by age, sex, and race: 1974 and 1983.
Age, sex, and race | Persons served per 1,000 enrollees | Percent change 1974-83 | |||||||
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Hospital | Skilled nursing facility | Home health agency | Hospital | Skilled nursing facility | Home health agency | Hospital | Skilled nursing facility | Home health agency | |
Total | 206 | 4 | 8 | 250 | 3 | 31 | 21 | −34 | 292 |
Age | |||||||||
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35 years | 138 | 1 | 3 | 191 | 1 | 14 | 39 | −31 | 324 |
35-44 years | 164 | 2 | 5 | 208 | 2 | 22 | 27 | −11 | 360 |
45-54 years | 197 | 3 | 7 | 254 | 2 | 27 | 29 | −34 | 294 |
55-59 years | 230 | 5 | 10 | 262 | 3 | 33 | 14 | −39 | 247 |
60-64 years | 239 | 6 | 11 | 281 | 4 | 43 | 18 | −34 | 302 |
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 195 | 4 | 6 | 231 | 2 | 25 | 19 | −37 | 298 |
Female | 226 | 5 | 11 | 282 | 4 | 42 | 25 | −34 | 283 |
Race | |||||||||
White | 212 | 4 | 8 | 251 | 3 | 30 | 18 | −36 | 283 |
All other | 172 | 3 | 8 | 244 | 2 | 36 | 42 | −19 | 327 |
Source: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the Medicare Statistical System.