Table IV

Table IV.A.4(1999) National totals for enrollees and cost of hospitalization and physician service health plans for the private sector by industry category and type of indemnification: United States, 1999

Agriculture, fishing, or forestry / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	551	51
Active enrollees	516	48
Enrollees through COBRA	17	4
Retired enrollees	18	13
Enrollees with single coverage	354	46

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	1,782	163
Employer contribution single coverage	653	106
Employee contribution single coverage	125	42
Employer contribution family coverage	754	79
Employee contribution family coverage	250	52

Agriculture, fishing, or forestry / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	257	58
Active enrollees	241	55
Enrollees through COBRA	10	3
Retired enrollees	5	3
Enrollees with single coverage	96	23

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	1,282	421
Employer contribution single coverage	162	40
Employee contribution single coverage	33	7
Employer contribution family coverage	755	259
Employee contribution family coverage	332	164

Mining / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	203	57
Active enrollees	190	53
Enrollees through COBRA	8	3
Retired enrollees	6	3
Enrollees with single coverage	59	17

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	1,081	300
Employer contribution single coverage	129	40
Employee contribution single coverage	30	11
Employer contribution family coverage	766	248
Employee contribution family coverage	155	56

Mining / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	307	66
Active enrollees	252	50
Enrollees through COBRA	9	2
Retired enrollees	47	17
Enrollees with single coverage	93	18

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	1,510	373
Employer contribution single coverage	185	38
Employee contribution single coverage	53	18
Employer contribution family coverage	977	287
Employee contribution family coverage	294	117

Construction / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,157	91
Active enrollees	2,080	93
Enrollees through COBRA	54	5
Retired enrollees	24	7
Enrollees with single coverage	1,094	46

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	8,497	373
Employer contribution single coverage	2,042	100
Employee contribution single coverage	465	38
Employer contribution family coverage	4,127	284
Employee contribution family coverage	1,861	141

Construction / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	632	41
Active enrollees	603	40
Enrollees through COBRA	21	2
Retired enrollees	8	2
Enrollees with single coverage	300	24

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	2,591	246
Employer contribution single coverage	520	47
Employee contribution single coverage	116	17
Employer contribution family coverage	1,359	227
Employee contribution family coverage	595	79

Manufacturing / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	8,356	289
Active enrollees	7,521	232
Enrollees through COBRA	224	14
Retired enrollees	611	74
Enrollees with single coverage	3,785	134

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	35,771	1,454
Employer contribution single coverage	6,700	254
Employee contribution single coverage	1,767	94
Employer contribution family coverage	20,567	1,034
Employee contribution family coverage	6,738	299

Manufacturing / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	8,527	283
Active enrollees	7,585	259
Enrollees through COBRA	241	14
Retired enrollees	702	113
Enrollees with single coverage	3,335	155

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	39,056	1,591
Employer contribution single coverage	6,114	354
Employee contribution single coverage	1,584	120
Employer contribution family coverage	25,365	1,228
Employee contribution family coverage	5,993	212

Transportation, communications, or utilities / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,813	282
Active enrollees	2,450	244
Enrollees through COBRA	75	11
Retired enrollees	288	52
Enrollees with single coverage	1,216	100

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	12,783	1,366
Employer contribution single coverage	2,301	183
Employee contribution single coverage	676	88
Employer contribution family coverage	7,415	879
Employee contribution family coverage	2,392	294

Transportation, communications, or utilities / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	3,415	381
Active enrollees	2,766	337
Enrollees through COBRA	92	12
Retired enrollees	557	45
Enrollees with single coverage	1,132	125

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	16,861	2,140
Employer contribution single coverage	2,916	310
Employee contribution single coverage	545	94
Employer contribution family coverage	11,312	1,745
Employee contribution family coverage	2,089	206

Wholesale / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	3,125	205
Active enrollees	2,934	179
Enrollees through COBRA	98	9
Retired enrollees	93	28
Enrollees with single coverage	1,572	112

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	13,981	1,023
Employer contribution single coverage	3,149	234
Employee contribution single coverage	787	91
Employer contribution family coverage	7,045	541
Employee contribution family coverage	3,000	376

Wholesale / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,340	277
Active enrollees	2,154	262
Enrollees through COBRA	76	9
Retired enrollees	109	15
Enrollees with single coverage	998	120

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	10,534	1,208
Employer contribution single coverage	1,757	206
Employee contribution single coverage	543	88
Employer contribution family coverage	6,266	734
Employee contribution family coverage	1,968	294

Retail / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	5,396	112
Active enrollees	5,003	102
Enrollees through COBRA	192	9
Retired enrollees	201	23
Enrollees with single coverage	3,018	67

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	20,667	568
Employer contribution single coverage	4,855	110
Employee contribution single coverage	1,987	134
Employer contribution family coverage	8,848	462
Employee contribution family coverage	4,978	209

Retail / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	3,431	223
Active enrollees	3,160	204
Enrollees through COBRA	132	25
Retired enrollees	139	14
Enrollees with single coverage	1,796	142

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	13,409	923
Employer contribution single coverage	2,510	183
Employee contribution single coverage	1,172	108
Employer contribution family coverage	6,774	512
Employee contribution family coverage	2,952	202

Finance, insurance, or real estate / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	4,103	151
Active enrollees	3,596	141
Enrollees through COBRA	119	9
Retired enrollees	388	41
Enrollees with single coverage	2,128	92

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	17,842	789
Employer contribution single coverage	3,870	227
Employee contribution single coverage	1,258	111
Employer contribution family coverage	8,887	355
Employee contribution family coverage	3,827	293

Finance, insurance, or real estate / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,785	268
Active enrollees	2,468	241
Enrollees through COBRA	99	16
Retired enrollees	218	31
Enrollees with single coverage	1,247	121

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	12,547	1,069
Employer contribution single coverage	2,297	231
Employee contribution single coverage	749	66
Employer contribution family coverage	6,773	659
Employee contribution family coverage	2,727	192

Services (personal, business or other) / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	14,347	492
Active enrollees	13,435	461
Enrollees through COBRA	467	25
Retired enrollees	444	69
Enrollees with single coverage	7,946	232

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	58,724	2,178
Employer contribution single coverage	15,620	456
Employee contribution single coverage	3,665	161
Employer contribution family coverage	27,162	1,524
Employee contribution family coverage	12,276	569

Services (personal, business or other) / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	7,816	710
Active enrollees	7,251	665
Enrollees through COBRA	274	26
Retired enrollees	291	34
Enrollees with single coverage	3,854	286

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	34,030	3,348
Employer contribution single coverage	6,768	522
Employee contribution single coverage	1,936	108
Employer contribution family coverage	18,557	2,406
Employee contribution family coverage	6,769	456

Unknown / Purchased plans

	Total (in thousands of person)	Standard error
Total enrollees	1	1
Active enrollees	1	1
Enrollees through COBRA	0	0
Retired enrollees	0	0
Enrollees with single coverage	0	0

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	4	3
Employer contribution single coverage	0	0
Employee contribution single coverage	0	0
Employer contribution family coverage	2	2
Employee contribution family coverage	2	1

Unknown / Self-insured plans

	Total (in thousand of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	0	0
Active enrollees	0	0
Enrollees through COBRA	0	0
Retired enrollees	0	0
Enrollees with single coverage	0	0

	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	0	0
Employer contribution single coverage	0	0
Employee contribution single coverage	0	0
Employer contribution family coverage	0	0
Employee contribution family coverage	0	0

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Notes: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be in the Technical Notes and Survey Documentation. Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.