Table 235b: Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older with no usual source of care, by ethnicity, 2000a

      Non-Hispanic    
  Total All races White Black Hispanic (of any race)
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 5.1% 0.4% 5.0% 0.4% 4.8% 0.4% 6.2% 1.1% 6.7% 1.7%
                     
Age                    
    65 to 74 6.1% 0.5% 6.0% 0.5% 5.8% 0.6% 7.2% 1.7% 7.8% 2.3%
    75 to 84 3.8% 0.4% 3.7% 0.4% 3.5% 0.5% * * 5.4% 1.6%
    85 and older 3.1% 0.7% 3.1% 0.7% 3.1% 0.8% * * * *
                     
Gender                    
    Male 6.6% 0.7% 6.3% 0.7% 5.9% 0.7% 9.0% 2.4% * *
    Female 4.0% 0.4% 4.0% 0.4% 4.0% 0.4% 4.5% 1.2% * *
                     
Incomeb                    
    Negative or poor 8.1% 1.1% 7.6% 1.1% 7.1% 1.3% * * * *
    Near poor/low 5.1% 0.6% 5.0% 0.6% 4.9% 0.6% 7.1% 2.0% * *
    Middle 4.1% 0.5% 4.3% 0.5% 4.3% 0.5% * * * *
    High 4.8% 0.8% 4.7% 0.7% 4.7% 0.8% * * * *
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 4.4% 0.4% 4.5% 0.4% 4.4% 0.4% * * * *
    Medicare and Medicaid 5.3% 1.2% 4.5% 1.0% * * * * * *
    Medicare HMO 3.7% 0.7% 3.5% 0.7% 3.4% 0.7% * * * *
    Medicare fee-for-service only 13.6% 2.0% 13.7% 2.1% 15.1% 2.7% * * * *
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 5.0% 0.4% 4.8% 0.4% 4.5% 0.4% 7.3% 1.4% 7.2% 1.9%
    Non-MSA 5.3% 0.7% 5.4% 0.8% 5.5% 0.8% * * * *
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 6.0% 0.5% 6.0% 0.5% 5.7% 0.5% 8.1% 1.8% 6.8% 1.9%
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 3.5% 0.5% 3.3% 0.5% 3.2% 0.5% * * * *
                     

aFull year community residents (age 65 or older)

bNegative or poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADL: Activities of daily living

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Table 235c Table 235a

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