Table 5.
Expected Payers of Estimated Health‐Related Costs for Climate‐Sensitive Case Studies (Millions of 2018 Dollars)
| Expected payer from HAs, EDs, and other health‐related costs (outpatient, home health care, medications) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) State | (B) Case study | (C) Medicare | (D) Medicaid | (E) Private insurance | (F) Uninsured | (G) Other | (H) Missing data | (I) Expected payer total |
| (Millions of 2018 dollars) | ||||||||
| Michigan | Lyme disease | $3.7 | $1.0 | $2.8 | $0.3 | $0.1 | $0.0 | $7.9 |
| North Carolina | Allergenic oak pollen | $1.6 | $2.1 | $1.4 | $0.6 | $0.1 | $0.0 | $5.8 |
| Ohio | Extreme weather | $1.5 | $3.7 | $2.4 | $1.6 | $0.4 | $0.0 | $9.6 |
| Wisconsin | Extreme heat | $0.9 | $0.7 | $1.7 | $1.0 | $0.6 | $0.0 | $4.9 |
| Florida | Harmful algal blooms | $278.0 | $124.9 | $84.6 | $41.1 | $17.3 | $0.0 | $546.0 |
| Nevada | Ozone air pollution | $2.4 | $3.8 | $2.5 | $1.7 | $0.4 | $0.0 | $10.8 |
| Texas | West Nile virus | $112.7 | $25.7 | $89.1 | $40.2 | $6.5 | $0.0 | $274.3 |
| Colorado | Wildfires | $9.5 | $4.1 | $6.6 | $1.3 | $1.1 | $0.0 | $22.5 |
| Washington | Wildfires | $26.8 | $7.8 | $16.4 | $2.7 | $0.9 | $0.0 | $54.6 |
| New Jersey | Hurricane Sandy | $286.4 | $37.2 | $163.0 | $46.1 | $4.7 | $0.0 | $537.5 |
| New York | $58.2 | $25.4 | $19.8 | $3.7 | $2.1 | $0.0 | $109.2 | |
| Total | $781.7 | $236.5 | $390.4 | $140.3 | $34.2 | $0.1 | $1,583.2 | |
Note. Costs estimated using expected payer HCUP data for primary diagnoses within each case study. Column H reflects missing expected payer data from HCUP. Column I (payer total) equals sum of columns C‐H. Row and column totals may not equal component sums due to rounding.