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Health Care Expenses: Poor, Near Poor, and Low Income People in the United States Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2002 |
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This report provides estimates of health care expenditures for poor, near poor, and low income people in the United States; i.e., people whose income is less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Line. It highlights the characteristics of poor or near poor and low income persons and their expenditures for health care. The estimates are from the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and cover the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. While providing an overview of total health care expenses for the population, the report focuses on estimates of expenses for hospital services, office-based medical provider services, and prescription medicines. Detailed comparisons are made by type of service, source of payment, and selected demographic characteristics of the population. All differences between estimates discussed in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level. |
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Diana Z. Wobus and Gary Olin |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850