Table 5. Hospital outpatient 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	13.1	$555	$1,501	$54,880	7.5	52.9 	22.2 	5.0	12.4

Age in years
Under 65	243,624	11.0 	528	1,376	36,767	8.6	68.0 	*5.3	6.3	11.8
  Under 6	24,126	6.3	325	962	1,465	4.8	71.1 	*1.6 	*17.2	*5.3
  6-17	48,405	5.3	353	1,175	3,012	6.8	64.8 	*0.2 	*17.5	10.8
  18-44	109,021	9.7	535	1,364	14,431	10.3 	65.2 	*3.7	 5.1	15.6
  45-64	62,072	19.4	605	1,480	17,860	7.8	70.5 	7.7	4.6	9.5
65 and over	34,782	28.3	615	1,841	18,113	5.4	22.2 	56.5	*2.4	*13.5
Sex			
Male	135,882	10.2	683	1,781	24,716	8.0	51.4 	21.3	4.5 	14.8
Female	142,524	15.9	462	1,329	 30,163	7.2	54.1 	22.9	5.4	10.4
Race/ethnicity			 
White and other	209,401	14.8 	577	1,506	46,613	7.5	55.0	23.1	2.7	11.7
Black	35,049	8.9	383	1,468	 4,558	*10.7	41.3	17.4	15.7	14.9
Hispanic	33,955	7.4	527	1,482	3,709	4.3	40.5	*16.8	21.1	17.3
Health insurance statusd			 
Under age 65:
  Any private	182,658	12.0 	570	1,391	30,505	8.6	81.9	1.2	1.0	7.4
  Public only	28,622	11.1 	337	1,364	4,330	 *3.1 	*0.0	36.7	46.9	13.3
  Uninsured	32,344	5.0	*380 	1,190	1,932	21.1 	*0.0	*0.0	*0.0	78.9 
Age 65 and over:
  Medicare only	11,515	22.5	549	2,012	5,215	*2.9 	*0.0	62.7	*0.0	*34.4
  Medicare and private	19,570	32.5	704	1,824	11,613	5.3	34.7	54.8 	*0.6	*4.7
  Medicare and other public	3,568	24.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Poverty statuse			 
Poor	32,053	10.0	377	1,215	3,882	7.4	20.8	26.2	29.9 	15.8
Near-poor	12,196	13.3	*295	*1,441	*2,334	*3.7	*9.8	58.5	*15.3	*12.6
Low income	37,059	12.7	585	1,654	7,785	7.6	37.5	30.3	8.6	16.1
Middle income	90,343	12.8	590	1,601	18,538	6.3	51.6	21.4	2.2	18.5
High income	106,754	14.5	581	1,444	22,340	9.0	69.3	15.5	*0.8	5.4	
	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	12.6	$563	$1,457	$41,592	7.6	53.4	20.8	4.8	13.4
Non-MSA	51,545	15.6	532	1,656	13,288	7.4	51.2	26.5	5.8	9.1
Census region
Northeast	52,636	16.4	528	1,325	11,415	3.7	55.1	29.1	4.4	*7.7
Midwest	64,536	16.0	482	1,594	16,504	8.1	51.5	22.6	2.5	*15.3	 
South	97,373	11.5	658	1,495	16,743	7.8	54.7	18.2	6.0	13.2
West	63,861	10.0	547	1,596	10,217	10.4	49.5	20.3	8.2	11.6
Perceived health status
Excellent	87,890	7.4	362	1,031	6,721	7.0	68.7	10.4	2.9	10.9
Very good	93,499	12.1	480	1,291	14,652	10.6	59.3	13.8	4.7	11.6
Good	67,922	16.1	600	1,500	16,430	5.3	52.4	21.3	5.5	*15.5
Fair	20,666	25.8	709	1,879	10,001	5.2	43.4	32.4	7.1	11.8
Poor	7,720	30.8	1,098	2,933	6,981	*9.9	38.8	38.8	3.6	9.0
aExpenses for visits to medical providers seen in hospital outpatient departments 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); Worker’s 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.