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.