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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 1;149(2):e2021050534. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-050534

TABLE 3.

Health Care Spending for a Sample of 2016 Medicaid Beneficiaries with Home Health Care Utilization

All Children
Spending by Type of Chronic Condition, $ (%)
Health Care Spending Total HHC Population, $ % of Total Medicaid Spending None Noncomplex Chronic Complex Chronic, Without Technology Assistance Technology Assistance

Total Medicaid spending 1 020 046 545 100 28 038 854 (100) 128 780 998 (100) 209 942 946 (100) 653 283 747 (100)
Total outpatient spending 577 720 284 56.6 9 677 643 (34.5) 95 209 846 (73.9) 115 162 911 (54.9) 357 669 885 (54.7)
 Total home health nursing spending 252 883 537 24.8 1 565 287 (5.6) 21 879 969 (17.0) 45 945 891 (21.9) 183 492 390 (28.1)
 RN or LPN 170 257 624 16.7 430 256 (4.4) 430 256 (4.0) 11 060 380 (9.6) 155 002 803 (43.3)
 Home health aide or CNA 39 552 563 3.9 150 545 (1.6) 13 145 772 (13.8) 17 186 888 (14.9) 9 069 359 (2.5)
 Companion or personal attendant 34 337 537 3.4 466 892 (4.8) 2 168 761 (2.3) 14730 725 (12.8) 16 971 159 (4.7)
 Not specified 2 569 331 0.3 495 054 (5.1) 365 700 (0.4) 248 082 (0.2) 1 460 494 (0.4)
Total inpatient spending 442 326 261 43.4 18 361 212 (65.5) 33 571 153 (26.1) 94 780 035 (45.1) 295 613 862 (45.3)