Table 7. Prescription medicinesa—Median and mean expenses per person with expense and distribution of expenses by source of payment: United States, 2000	Expense per person	Percent 	Expense 			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	62.3	$186	$594	$102,992	46.1	33.9 	4.6	11.2 	4.2

Age in years
Under 65	243,624	58.5	136	485	69,171	41.0	42.4	 0.9	12.9	2.8
  Under 6	24,126	56.9	32	86	1,174	42.9	34.0	*0.1	21.7	*1.2
  6-17	48,405	46.2	61	213	4,752	32.9	47.0	*0.1	17.7	*2.4
  18-44	109,021	56.0	121	382	23,297	39.6	43.0	*0.3	15.8	1.2
  45-64	62,072	73.3	434	878	39,948	42.8	41.7	*1.4	10.4	3.9
65 and over	34,782	88.3	695	1,102	 33,821	56.6	16.6	12.1	7.7	7.0
Sex
Male	135,882	54.9	146	546	40,780	41.0	35.0	4.4	10.7	9.0
Female	142,524	69.2	219	631	62,212	49.5	33.2	4.7	11.5	1.1
Race/ethnicity
White and other	209,401	66.6	214	626	87,381	46.6	36.0	4.5	8.9	4.1
Black	35,049	50.8	125	487	8,657	44.2	22.4	4.6	22.3	6.5
Hispanic	33,955	47.2	92	434	6,954	42.4	22.4	5.4	26.5	3.2
Health insurance statusd
Under age 65:
  Any private	182,658	61.7	144	445	50,128	38.4	58.5	*0.4	*1.4	1.5
  Public only	28,622	62.1	119	810	14,396	35.7	*0.0	*3.1	57.1	4.1
  Uninsured	32,344	37.6	89	382	4,647	 86.3	*0.0	*0.0	*0.0	13.7
Age 65 and over:
  Medicare only	11,515	87.6	627	1,041	10,504	69.4	*0.0	17.9	 *0.0	12.7
  Medicare and private	19,570	88.8	708	1,059	18,410	54.0	30.5	10.1	*0.7	4.7
  Medicare and other public	3,568	89.0	934	1,541	 4,895	 38.6	*0.0	6.9	50.6	*3.9
Poverty statuse
Poor	32,053	58.6	139	691	12,984	44.5	9.2	4.1	38.8	3.4
Near-poor	12,196	60.2	213	749	5,496	55.6	8.0	*5.0	27.4	4.0
Low income	37,059	59.6	181	685	15,148	51.3	20.2	5.3	16.5 	6.8
Middle income	90,343	61.9	176	569	31,787	47.4	35.7	5.9	6.6	4.4
High income	106,754	64.8	205	543	37,578	42.2	50.3	 3.2	*1.0	3.3
	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	61.1	$174	$576	$79,881	45.0	35.1	5.2	10.9	3.8
Non-MSA	51,545	67.1	239	668	23,111	50.1	29.9	2.5	12.1	5.5
Census region
Northeast	52,636	64.3	172	605	20,470	44.3	35.2	6.4	11.0	3.1
Midwest	64,536	64.1	204	622	25,745	46.1	38.0	3.6	8.8	3.6
South	97,373	62.6	223	622	37,963	49.0	33.0	2.2	11.4	4.3
West	63,861	58.1	135	507	18,814	42.3	28.8 	8.6	14.1	6.1
Perceived health status
Excellent	87,890	49.0	80	251	10,810	43.8	43.8	2.7	*7.4	2.2
Very good	93,499	61.6	150	422	24,345	44.9	41.6	4.2	6.0	3.3
Good	67,922	69.7	282	676	32,007	45.9	37.1	4.2	8.2	4.5
Fair	20,666	86.9	692	1,275	22,892	47.3	26.3	5.7	17.2	3.5
Poor	7,720	92.2 	1,230	1,805	12,842	48.7 	16.7	5.5	20.9	8.2
aExpenses for all prescribed medicines initially purchased or otherwise obtained during the year, as well as any refills, are included. Free samples are included in the estimate of percent of persons with any expense. 
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.