Table 4. Office-based medical provider 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	68.8 	$243	$657	$125,946	17.8 	48.5 	16.8	5.8	11.1

Age in years
Under 65	243,624	66.1 	212	592	95,400	19.9	58.1	3.2	6.6	12.2
  Under 6	24,126	78.5 	160	299	5,654	17.2	59.5	*0.3	15.7	7.3
  6-17	48,405	60.9 	127	269	7,930	23.8	57.4	*0.1	12.9	5.8
  18-44	109,021	60.6 	222	600	39,611	20.9	56.9	1.9	6.9	13.4
  45-64	62,072	 75.2 	335	904	42,206	18.5	59.2 	5.5	3.9	12.9
65 and over	34,782	 87.6 	490	1,003	30,546	11.4	18.6 	59.0	3.3	7.7
Sex
Male	135,882	61.9 	207	614	51,693	*16.1	47.7 	16.9	4.8	14.4
Female	142,524	75.4 	278	691	74,253	19.0	49.1 	16.6	6.5	8.8
Race/ethnicity
White and other	209,401	73.2 	268	703	107,778	18.2	49.4	17.1	4.6	10.7
Black	35,049	56.0 	150	511	10,026	12.0	39.7 	18.6	13.5	16.2
Hispanic	33,955	55.0 	165	436	8,142	19.4	47.2 	9.9	12.4	11.1
Health insurance statusd
Under age 65:
  Any private	182,658	70.7 	226	620	80,104	20.3 	69.2 	1.2	0.7	8.6	
  Public only	28,622	68.0 	163	526	10,238	5.2	*0.0 	21.1	55.7	*18.0
  Uninsured	32,344	38.8 	137	404	5,058	42.9	*0.0 	*0.0	*0.0	57.1
Age 65 and over:
  Medicare only	11,515	85.6 	393	783	7,720	11.3	*0.0 	71.7	*0.0	17.0
  Medicare and private	19,570	89.0 	548	1,099	19,144	12.1	29.6 	53.5	*0.2	4.5
  Medicare and other public	3,568	87.8 	442	1,174	3,676	8.2	*0.0	60.4	26.4 	*5.0
Poverty statuse
Poor	32,053	61.2 	182	555	10,893	10.5	18.9 	22.8	33.9 	13.9
Near-poor	12,196	62.4 	207	549	4,174	13.1	21.5	 33.1	20.5 	11.9
Low income	37,059	64.3 	225	641	15,258	15.9	30.1 	32.4	9.8	11.9
Middle income	90,343	68.2	238	630	38,854	15.5	49.3 	17.0	2.2	15.9
High income	106,754	73.9	270	719	56,767	21.7	60.6 	10.0	0.7	7.0	
	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	68.4 	$242	$650	$100,923	18.2 	48.8 	16.1	5.6	11.3
Non-MSA	51,545	70.5 	246	688	25,023	16.3 	47.3 	19.3	6.7	10.5
Census region
Northeast	52,636	73.2	253	647	24,946	17.1	50.7 	16.3	7.0	8.9
Midwest	64,536	71.8	240	651	30,162	18.6	46.3 	18.7	4.8	11.7
South	97,373	66.8	237	610	39,710	20.2	 46.2 	17.1	5.3	11.3
West	63,861	65.2	246	747	31,128	14.6	51.9 	14.8	6.4	12.2
Perceived health status
Excellent	87,890	61.1 	174	438	23,514	24.0	56.4	6.8	4.1	8.7
Very good	93,499	68.8 	225	574	36,923	20.3	52.6	10.8	3.6	12.6
Good	67,922	72.4 	277	722	35,496	16.5	50.7	17.0	6.0	9.8
Fair	20,666	 84.8 	500	1,115	19,540	 11.8	37.9	27.4	10.0 	13.0
Poor	7,720	87.1	676	1,521	10,224	 10.9 	27.4	40.1 	8.8	12.7
aExpenses for visits to medical providers seen in office-based settings are included.
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.
*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.