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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2019 May 28;170(12):837–844. doi: 10.7326/M18-2467

Figure 1. Median Medicare Spending for Community-Living Older Adults, Stratified by Disability and Whether they Experienced Negative Consequences Due to Inadequate Support.

Figure 1.

Source: National Health and Aging Trends Study, 2015.

* Community-living Medicare beneficiaries ages 65+ who survive 12 months and are continuously enrolled in traditional Medicare (n= 3716)

† Household activities=laundry, shopping, meals, bills/banking; Mobility=indoor & outdoor, transferring from bed; Self-care=eating, dressing, bathing, toileting.

‡ Median annual Medicare spending, stratified by older adults’ disability status, and reports of experiencing negative consequences due to insufficient help with household activities (n=2278 1195, 243), mobility (n=2501, 894, 321), and self-care (n=2,735, 775, 206) as well as in any activity domain (n=1839, 1308, 569), respectively.