Table 3. Hospital inpatient servicesa—Median and mean expenses per person with expense and distribution of expenses by source of payment: United States, 2000
	Expense per person	Percent distribution of total expenses by source
	with an expense	of payment
		Percent			Total					
Population	Population	with 			expenses	Out of	Private			
characteristic	(in thousands)	expense	Median	Mean	(in millions)	pocket	insuranceb	Medicare	Medicaid	Otherc
Total	278,406	7.6	$5,195	$10,917	$230,229	2.2	40.7	35.9	9.8	11.4

Age in years
Under 65	243,624	5.9	4,372	9,437	136,609	2.9	59.4	8.6	15.7 	13.4
  Under 6	24,126	5.2	3,367	7,517	9,494	*3.7	62.9	*0.1	*26.0	*7.3
  6-17	48,405	2.0	— 	— 	— 	— 	—	— 	— 	—
  18-44	109,021	6.8	4,128	7,080	52,452	4.0	55.0 	*7.6	20.4	13.0
  45-64	62,072	7.8	6,491	14,175	68,577	1.8	62.6	11.2	9.0	*15.4
65 and over	34,782	19.0 	9,160	14,157	93,620	1.2	13.3	75.7	1.3	8.5
Sex 
Male	135,882	5.9	6,695	14,676	116,831	1.9	40.9	33.8	9.3	14.1
Female	142,524	9.2	4,556	8,638	113,398	2.5	40.5	38.0	10.4	8.6
Race/ethnicity
White and other	209,401	7.9	5,249	10,928	181,305	2.1	41.3	37.7	7.9	11.0
Black	35,049	7.7	5,339	12,386	33,238	*1.7 	36.4 	29.8	16.4 	15.7
Hispanic	33,955	5.3	4,320	8,644	15,686	4.5	42.6 	27.4 	18.4 	7.1
Health insurance statusd
Under age 65:
  Any private	182,658	5.4	4,925	9,675	94,781	2.7	85.7 	2.9	*2.6	*6.1
  Public only	28,622	12.4 	3,761	8,729	31,068	*1.6 	*0.0 	28.8	61.1 	8.4
  Uninsured	32,344	 3.5	3,426	*9,603	*10,760	*8.0 	*0.0 	*0.0	*0.0	 92.0
Age 65 and over:
  Medicare only	11,515	17.4 	7,263	12,962	25,926	*1.8 	*0.0 	85.2	*0.0 	13.0
  Medicare and private	19,570	18.8	10,370	15,018	55,122	1.1	22.7 	70.7	*0.0 	*5.5
  Medicare and other public	3,568	25.9 	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Poverty statuse
Poor	32,053	11.3	4,377	10,956	39,565	2.4	*12.9	34.8	34.5 	15.4
Near-poor	12,196	9.8	4,370	8,631	10,311	*1.9	9.2	54.7	*23.1	*11.1
Low income	37,059	10.1	4,590	9,820	36,720	2.7	28.2 	50.1	9.3	*9.7
Middle income	90,343	7.2	5,630	10,821	70,036	2.2	48.4 	34.4	3.4	11.6
High income	106,754	5.7	6,477	12,120	73,597	1.9	58.9 	28.1	*1.2	*10.0		
	Expense per person	Percent distribution of total expenses by source
	with an expense	of payment
		Percent			Total					
Population	Population	with 			expenses	Out of	Private			
characteristic	(in thousands)	expense	Median	Mean	(in millions)	pocket	insuranceb	Medicare	Medicaid	Otherc
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) 
MSA	226,861	7.2	$5,349	$11,234	$184,037	2.2	39.7 	35.4	10.5 	12.3 
Non-MSA	51,545	9.1	4,678	9,814	46,192	2.4	44.5 	37.6 	7.4	8.0	
Census region
Northeast	52,636	7.3	5,430	11,147	42,993	2.4	39.9 	38.8 	12.5 	*6.4
Midwest	64,536	8.1	5,548	11,757	61,606	1.3	35.3 	37.3 	*11.0	*15.1		
South	97,373	 8.3	5,039	11,000	88,487	2.5	41.1 	36.2 	8.0	12.2
West	63,861	 6.2	4,680	9,407	37,143	2.6	49.7 	29.1 	9.4	9.3
Perceived health status
Excellent	87,890	3.7	4,185	6,667	21,726	6.4	59.3 	17.3 	9.8	*7.3
Very good	93,499	 5.3	4,680	7,818	38,559	3.3	55.0 	26.2	 8.8	*6.7
Good	67,922	 8.2	4,561	9,554	53,393	1.8	51.3 	25.9 	9.2	11.8
Fair	20,666	 20.2 	6,158	14,239	59,554	1.3	30.2 	51.1	 *9.4 	*8.1
Poor	7,720	36.4 	8,876	18,067	50,724	1.1	23.7 	43.5 	12.4 	*19.4
aRoom and board and all hospital diagnostic and laboratory expenses associated with the basic facility charge, payments for separately billed physician inpatient services, and emergency room expenses incurred immediately prior to inpatient stays are included. Expenses for newborns who left the hospital on the same day as the mother are included in the mother’s record.
bPrivate insurance includes TRICARE (Armed-Forces-related coverage). 
cOther includes payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs (except TRICARE); other Federal sources (Indian Health Service, military treatment facilities, and other care provided by the Federal Government); various State and local sources (community and neighborhood clinics, State and local health departments, and State programs other than Medicaid); Workers’ Compensation; various unclassified sources (e.g., automobile, homeowner’s, or other liability insurance, and other miscellaneous or unknown sources); Medicaid payments reported for persons who were not reported as enrolled in the Medicaid program at any time during the year; and private insurance payments reported for persons without any reported private health insurance coverage during the year.
dUninsured refers to persons uninsured during the entire year. Public and private health insurance categories refer to individuals with public or private insurance at any time during the period; individuals with both public and private insurance and those with TRICARE (Armed-Forces-related coverage) are classified as having private insurance. 
ePoor—persons in families with income less than 100 percent of the poverty line, including those whose losses exceeded their earnings, resulting in negative income; near-poor—persons in families with income from 100 percent to less than 125 percent of the poverty line; low income—persons in families with income from 125 percent to less than 200 percent of the poverty line; middle income—persons in families with income from 200 percent to less than 400 percent of the poverty line; high income—persons in families with income at or over 400 percent of the poverty line.
—Less than 100 sample cases.
*Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30 percent.
Note: Restricted to civilian noninstitutionalized population. Percents may not add to 100 because of rounding.
Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2000.