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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 8.
Published in final edited form as: Fisc Stud. 2016 Nov 21;37(3-4):785–819. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2016.12126

TABLE 9.

Percentiles of total spending by age: core versus exit interviews

55–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Total
Mean 4,300 4,459 5,221 6,665 4,674
50th Percentile 2,993 3,644 3,846 4,042 3,420
90th Percentile 9,765 8,481 9,197 13,448 9,310
95th Percentile 13,326 10,554 12,266 23,389 12,682
55–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Total
Mean 12,258 11,813 14,513 19,756 15,623
50th Percentile 4,513 5,363 6,118 8,391 6,328
90th Percentile 22,271 26,615 32,428 50,879 38,955
95th Percentile 47,004 44,217 59,842 73,594 62,040

Note: The spending measure in both panels is annual total out-of-pocket medical expenditure. The upper panel includes data exclusively from core interviews while the bottom panel is derived solely from exit interview data.