Table 3.
Distribution of total incremental health care costs by source of payment among U.S. children (6-17 y of age) with pain-related conditions (in billions of USD, 2014) as compared with children without pain-related conditions.
Source of payment | Percent of total health care costs | Total incremental health care costs (in billions of USD) | 95% CI, billion USD |
---|---|---|---|
Total costs | 100 | 11.8 | 2.18-21.5 |
Private insurance | 44 | 5.19 | 0.96-9.48 |
Medicaid | 34 | 4.01 | 0.66-7.35 |
Out of pocket | 16 | 1.89 | 0.35-3.45 |
Other sources | 6 | 0.71 | 0.13-1.29 |
Dollar amounts were adjusted for Inflation to reflect 2013 dollar costs using the medical care component of the consumer price index.
Other sources of costs include other federal, other state and local, other private, other public, and other unclassified sources.
Source: 2008 MEPS.
CI, confidence interval; MEPS, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; USD, U.S. dollar.