Table 10.

Two‐year out‐of‐pocket individual medical expenditures

Dollars
	Mean	P25	Median	P75	P90	P95
Total survivors and non‐survivors	6,175	664	2,940	7,239	12,980	18,904
Total non‐survivors	9,898	480	3,460	9,960	22,188	49,860
Total survivors	5,842	684	2,894	7,080	12,488	17,760
Total no insurance	3,761	315	1,220	3,262	7,272	12,070
Survivors only
Hospital	299	0	0	0	0	750
Nursing home stays	405	0	0	0	0	0
Outpatient	67	0	0	0	0	140
Doctor visits	398	0	25	200	700	2,000
Dental	422	0	13	400	1,200	2,000
Prescription drugs	2,131	0	480	1,680	4,800	7,200
Home health care	26	0	0	0	0	0
Special health facility	10	0	0	0	0	0
Medicare HMO	264	0	0	0	1,080	1,584
Private insurance	1,721	0	0	2,640	5,568	7,800
Long‐term care insurance	360	0	0	0	0	3,000

Note: Sample is respondents aged 60 and over in the 2002 wave of HRS. Expenditures are for the period 2000–02. P25 is the 25^th percentile, P75 is the 75^th percentile and so on. An HMO is a health maintenance organisation.