Table IV

Table IV.A.4(2008) 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, 2008

Agriculture, fishing, or forestry / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	316	73
Active enrollees	300	68
Enrollees through COBRA	13	7
Retired enrollees	3	2
Enrollees with single coverage	205	49


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	1,937	479
Employer contribution single coverage	602	161
Employee contribution single coverage	205	86
Employer contribution family coverage	815	247
Employee contribution family coverage	315	101
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Agriculture, fishing, or forestry / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	59	18
Active enrollees	54	17
Enrollees through COBRA	2	1
Retired enrollees	3	2
Enrollees with single coverage	29	10


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	395	127
Employer contribution single coverage	102	44
Employee contribution single coverage	17	7
Employer contribution family coverage	183	64
Employee contribution family coverage	92	33
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Mining or manufacturing / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	4,088	196
Active enrollees	3,886	186
Enrollees through COBRA	68	7
Retired enrollees	134	25
Enrollees with single coverage	1,963	90


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	30,133	1,854
Employer contribution single coverage	6,204	383
Employee contribution single coverage	1,872	124
Employer contribution family coverage	15,762	1,229
Employee contribution family coverage	6,295	391
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Mining or manufacturing / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	7,773	304
Active enrollees	6,291	244
Enrollees through COBRA	135	8
Retired enrollees	1,347	174
Enrollees with single coverage	3,054	139


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	63,794	1,905
Employer contribution single coverage	9,873	377
Employee contribution single coverage	3,485	308
Employer contribution family coverage	36,927	989
Employee contribution family coverage	13,509	991
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Construction / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,387	83
Active enrollees	2,324	81
Enrollees through COBRA	47	5
Retired enrollees	16	5
Enrollees with single coverage	1,325	58


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	16,044	625
Employer contribution single coverage	4,186	253
Employee contribution single coverage	1,115	103
Employer contribution family coverage	7,217	420
Employee contribution family coverage	3,526	171
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Construction / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	877	68
Active enrollees	841	65
Enrollees through COBRA	23	5
Retired enrollees	14	4
Enrollees with single coverage	434	36


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	6,382	454
Employer contribution single coverage	1,399	153
Employee contribution single coverage	410	56
Employer contribution family coverage	3,278	260
Employee contribution family coverage	1,295	148
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Utilities or transportation / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	1,009	94
Active enrollees	942	84
Enrollees through COBRA	24	3
Retired enrollees	43	13
Enrollees with single coverage	523	57


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	7,447	670
Employer contribution single coverage	1,678	177
Employee contribution single coverage	598	58
Employer contribution family coverage	3,506	424
Employee contribution family coverage	1,665	149
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Utilities or transportation / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	3,138	311
Active enrollees	2,617	253
Enrollees through COBRA	69	9
Retired enrollees	453	80
Enrollees with single coverage	1,364	127


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	26,449	2,441
Employer contribution single coverage	4,606	382
Employee contribution single coverage	1,406	161
Employer contribution family coverage	14,512	1,468
Employee contribution family coverage	5,924	676
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Wholesale trade / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,261	103
Active enrollees	2,127	82
Enrollees through COBRA	66	16
Retired enrollees	68	45
Enrollees with single coverage	1,230	50


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	15,517	676
Employer contribution single coverage	3,884	127
Employee contribution single coverage	1,161	109
Employer contribution family coverage	6,745	338
Employee contribution family coverage	3,727	302
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Wholesale trade / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,598	458
Active enrollees	1,926	210
Enrollees through COBRA	94	11
Retired enrollees	578	306
Enrollees with single coverage	1,081	218


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	20,532	3,044
Employer contribution single coverage	3,080	425
Employee contribution single coverage	1,356	415
Employer contribution family coverage	10,891	1,334
Employee contribution family coverage	5,206	1,103
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Financial services or real estate / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	3,206	416
Active enrollees	2,471	131
Enrollees through COBRA	221	71
Retired enrollees	514	365
Enrollees with single coverage	1,708	214


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	25,235	3,735
Employer contribution single coverage	6,557	1,388
Employee contribution single coverage	1,740	223
Employer contribution family coverage	9,167	594
Employee contribution family coverage	7,772	1,964
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Financial services or real estate / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	7,244	464
Active enrollees	5,938	424
Enrollees through COBRA	356	35
Retired enrollees	950	92
Enrollees with single coverage	3,281	253


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	56,305	3,361
Employer contribution single coverage	9,764	723
Employee contribution single coverage	4,439	377
Employer contribution family coverage	28,219	1,489
Employee contribution family coverage	13,883	1,037
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Retail trade / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	2,569	82
Active enrollees	2,407	67
Enrollees through COBRA	115	17
Retired enrollees	47	10
Enrollees with single coverage	1,550	45


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	16,649	652
Employer contribution single coverage	4,512	179
Employee contribution single coverage	1,705	56
Employer contribution family coverage	6,132	416
Employee contribution family coverage	4,299	217
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Retail trade / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	4,534	152
Active enrollees	3,995	144
Enrollees through COBRA	283	69
Retired enrollees	256	78
Enrollees with single coverage	2,624	101


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	27,850	917
Employer contribution single coverage	6,905	303
Employee contribution single coverage	3,234	184
Employer contribution family coverage	11,083	389
Employee contribution family coverage	6,628	494
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Professional services / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	9,323	400
Active enrollees	8,553	308
Enrollees through COBRA	479	236
Retired enrollees	291	82
Enrollees with single coverage	5,438	208


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	70,224	3,499
Employer contribution single coverage	19,770	789
Employee contribution single coverage	6,022	795
Employer contribution family coverage	28,253	1,802
Employee contribution family coverage	16,179	1,653
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Professional services / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	11,310	543
Active enrollees	9,071	388
Enrollees through COBRA	425	110
Retired enrollees	1,814	384
Enrollees with single coverage	5,550	365


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	94,151	5,463
Employer contribution single coverage	18,896	1,147
Employee contribution single coverage	6,381	553
Employer contribution family coverage	48,511	3,716
Employee contribution family coverage	20,364	1,456
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Other services / Purchased plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	5,238	153
Active enrollees	5,012	149
Enrollees through COBRA	135	10
Retired enrollees	91	16
Enrollees with single coverage	2,993	102


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	37,788	1,496
Employer contribution single coverage	9,596	327
Employee contribution single coverage	3,503	93
Employer contribution family coverage	15,501	883
Employee contribution family coverage	9,188	501
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Other services / Self-insured plans
	Total (in thousands of persons)	Standard error
Total enrollees	4,481	281
Active enrollees	3,987	153
Enrollees through COBRA	135	16
Retired enrollees	359	179
Enrollees with single coverage	2,365	134


	Total (in millions of dollars)	Standard error
Total costs	31,490	1,763
Employer contribution single coverage	7,317	457
Employee contribution single coverage	2,765	190
Employer contribution family coverage	14,339	839
Employee contribution family coverage	7,069	514


Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component. Notes: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix. Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding. ** Definitions of industry groupings changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to MEPS-IC estimates made prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.