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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005

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Table 235c
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older with no usual source of care in the past year, by income, 2002a
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   4.0 0.4 5.6 0.9 4.9 0.6 3.4 0.5 2.8 0.6
Age 65 to 74 4.8 0.5 6.7 1.4 5.9 0.9 4.3 0.7 3.2 0.8
75 to 84 2.9 0.4 * * 3.9 0.7 2.3 0.5 * *
85 and older 3.4 0.6 6.1 1.8 4.1 1.1 * * * *
Gender Male 4.8 0.6 8.0 2.0 5.8 0.9 4.2 1.0 3.4 0.9
Female 3.4 0.4 4.4 1.0 4.4 0.7 2.7 0.6 * *
Race White 3.8 0.4 5.0 1.1 4.8 0.6 3.2 0.5 2.9 0.7
Black 4.5 1.1 * * * * * * * *
AI/AN * * * * * * * * * *
API * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, White 3.7 0.4 5.0 1.3 4.6 0.6 3.2 0.6 2.9 0.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 4.4 1.2 * * * * * * * *
Hispanic (all races) 6.1 1.6 * * * * * * * *
Health insurance Medicare and private 6.2 1.1 5.5 1.3 7.4 2.1 * * * *
Medicare and Medicaid * * * * * * * * 0.0 0.0
Medicare HMO 3.7 0.4 * * 3.7 0.6 3.9 0.6 3.1 0.7
Medicare fee-for-service only 9.9 1.7 * * 11.8 2.2 * * * *
Residence location MSA 3.7 0.3 5.4 1.1 4.4 0.6 3.2 0.5 2.5 0.6
Non-MSA 5.1 1.0 5.4 1.6 6.1 1.3 4.1 1.2 * *
Functional limitations No limitations 4.3 0.4 6.1 1.4 5.6 0.7 3.9 0.7 2.8 0.7
IADLs only 3.6 0.8 * * * * * * * *
1-2 ADLs 3.4 0.7 * * * * * * * *
3 or more ADLs 3.6 1.0 * * * * * * 0.0 0.0
At least 1 IADL/ADL 3.5 0.5 5.1 1.3 4.0 0.9 2.4 0.6 * *

a Full year community residents age 65 or older. Negative or poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADLs: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: Activities of daily living; SE: Standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

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