Table E. Standard errors for hospital outpatient servicesa—Median and mean expenses per person
with expense and distribution of expenses by source of payment: United States, 2000
Corresponds to Table 5
	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
	Standard error
Total	A0	0.5	28	67	3,396	0.9	2.2	2.1	0.7	1.8

Age in years
Under 65	A0	0.4	37	69	2,523	1.2	2.1	1.9	0.9	1.6
  Under 6	A0	0.6	91	164	311	1.2	6.9	1.0	5.6	2.2 
  6-17	A0	0.4	73	173	523	1.8	6.9	0.2	5.7	2.8
  18-44	A0	0.5	56	132	1,610	2.4	2.7	2.3 	0.9	3.0
  45-64	A0	0.9	55	92	1,377	1.2	3.2	2.2	1.2	1.4
65 and over	A0	1.3	61	181	1,985	1.2	2.5	3.4	0.9 	4.5
Sex	
Male	A0	0.5	48	143	2,411	1.6	3.6	2.5	1.1	3.5
Female	A0	0.6	31	60	1,940	0.9	2.4	2.6	0.7	1.6
Race/ethnicity
White and other	A0	0.6	31	72	3,166	1.0	2.5	2.4	0.4	2.1
Black	A0	0.8	78	223	815	4.0 	7.3	3.9	4.6	3.5
Hispanic	A0	0.6	70	166	564	0.8	5.5	5.3 	4.9	3.9
Health insurance statusd
Under age 65:
  Any private	8,688	0.4	49	76	2,275	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	1.6
  Public only	1,863	0.9	52	216	825	1.4	0.0	10.4	8.4	3.5
  Uninsured	1,710	0.5	125 	183	343	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9
Age 65 and over:
  Medicare only	729	2.0	83	481	1,358	1.3 	0.0 	10.4	0.0	10.9
  Medicare and private	971	1.7	90	170	1,389	1.3	2.3	2.7	0.2 	1.5
  Medicare and other public	280	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Poverty statuse
Poor	A0	0.7	68	111	470	2.0	3.6	3.3	4.7	2.8
Near-poor	A0	1.5	126 	445 	792 	2.0 	4.0 	14.3 	7.8 	5.4
Low income	A0	1.0	59	198	1,031	2.2	5.3	4.4	2.1	2.8
Middle income	A0	0.6	57	133	1,782	1.1	4.2	3.2	0.6	4.4
High income	A0	0.6	42	94	2,042	1.8	2.7	2.1	0.3 	1.3
	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
	Standard error
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	A0	0.5	33	77	2,888	1.1	2.4	1.9	0.7	2.3
Non-MSA	A0	0.9	54	133	1,785	0.9	5.2	6.5	1.7	2.4
Census region
Northeast	A0	1.0	51	110	1,343	0.5	4.6	6.6	0.8	2.7
Midwest	A0	1.1	39	147	2,023	1.6	4.8	3.4	0.5	4.8
South	A0	0.7	69	100	1,637	1.3	3.3	1.9	1.5	2.5
West	A0	0.7	78	194	1,731	3.0	4.6	5.1	2.0	1.9
Perceived health status
Excellent	3,445	0.4	46	80	645	1.2	3.9	2.3	0.8	2.3
Very good	4,684	0.6	39	82	1,182	1.9	3.4	2.0	1.2	2.4
Good	3,479	0.8	46	138	1,762	0.8	4.6	3.3	1.3	4.9
Fair	1,105	1.4	76	179	1,162	1.3	4.5	4.6	2.0	2.7
Poor	443	2.2	177	468	1,226	4.8 	6.1	7.3	0.9	2.1
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); 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.
A0Standard error approximately zero because of poststratification to Census Bureau population control tables.
—Less than 100 sample cases.
Note: Restricted to civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2000.