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Table 237b
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older with problems with ease of getting to doctor from home in the past year, by ethnicity, 2002a
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic (all races)
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   4.1 0.3 3.8 0.3 3.6 0.3 4.8 1.1 8.2 1.3
Age 65 to 74 3.8 0.5 3.6 0.5 3.2 0.4 4.9 1.4 6.9 1.7
75 to 84 4.5 0.5 4.2 0.5 4.1 0.5 * * * *
85 and older 4.7 0.8 3.9 0.8 3.8 0.8 * * * *
Gender Male 3.6 0.4 3.2 0.4 2.9 0.4 * * 9.5 2.1
Female 4.5 0.4 4.3 0.4 4.0 0.5 4.8 1.3 7.2 1.9
Incomeb Negative or poor 7.5 1.1 6.4 1.1 6.7 1.4 * * 12.3 3.2
Near poor/low 4.8 0.6 4.7 0.6 4.0 0.6 * * * *
Middle 3.1 0.4 2.8 0.4 2.8 0.5 * * * *
High 2.7 0.6 2.8 0.6 2.9 0.6 * * * *
Health insurance Medicare and private 10.1 1.4 9.7 1.6 10.8 2.2 9.9 2.6 11.9 3.0
Medicare and Medicaid 3.2 0.6 2.8 0.6 3.3 0.8 * * * *
Medicare HMO 3.3 0.4 3.1 0.3 2.9 0.3 * * * *
Medicare fee-for-service only 5.4 1.3 5.4 1.4 5.6 1.5 * * * *
Residence location MSA 4.3 0.4 3.8 0.4 3.7 0.4 4.6 1.2 8.6 1.4
Non-MSA 3.7 0.6 3.7 0.6 3.3 0.5 * * * *
Functional limitations No limitations 2.7 0.4 2.4 0.4 2.4 0.4 * * 6.7 1.9
IADLs only 5.2 1.0 5.1 1.1 4.9 1.1 * * * *
1-2 ADLs 5.9 0.8 5.6 0.9 4.9 0.8 * * 10.8 2.8
3 or more ADLs 10.8 1.7 10.2 1.8 9.6 2.0 * * * *
At least 1 IADL/ADL 6.5 0.6 6.2 0.6 5.6 0.7 8.3 2.3 9.9 2.0

a Full year community residents age 65 or older.

b Negative 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: MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADLs: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: Activities of daily living; SE: Standard error.

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

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