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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005

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Table 240c
Disabled Medicare beneficiaries under age 65 with delayed care due to cost 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   22.7 1.6 19.9 2.1 29.1 3.0 22.9 4.3 * *
Gender Male 19.2 1.9 16.4 2.5 26.5 3.5 13.9 4.1 * *
Female 26.9 2.5 23.6 3.4 32.9 4.4 32.8 6.4 * *
Race White 25.6 1.9 24.4 2.9 31.5 3.6 25.0 5.2 * *
Black 13.1 2.4 11.2 2.9 20.5 6.0 * * * *
AI/AN 27.4 6.9 * * * * * * * *
API * * * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, White 25.8 2.0 25.3 3.1 31.6 3.8 24.3 5.1 * *
Non-Hispanic, Black 12.7 2.4 10.4 2.9 20.5 6.0 * * * *
Hispanic (all races) 17.0 3.9 13.5 4.0 * * * * * *
Health insurance Medicare and private 18.3 1.8 15.2 1.9 20.5 3.3 * * * *
Medicare and Medicaid * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare HMO 20.2 2.8 * * 31.8 5.7 16.9 4.1 * *
Medicare fee-for-service only 38.4 4.7 42.2 7.5 37.0 6.3 38.9 9.3 * *
Residence location MSA 20.9 1.8 18.9 2.5 29.7 3.5 17.7 4.9 * *
Non-MSA 26.3 3.1 21.8 3.4 25.5 4.5 34.2 8.4 * *
Functional limitations No limitations 17.0 2.5 19.7 3.5 16.8 3.8 * * * *
At least 1 IADL/ADL 26.2 2.9 23.0 3.8 29.6 5.8 28.3 8.4 * *
1-2 ADLs 16.0 2.1 * * 22.5 4.5 * * * *
3 or more ADLs 34.0 4.4 29.0 6.8 47.8 7.2 26.2 7.2 * *
At least 1 IADL/ADL 24.5 2.0 20.0 2.6 32.5 3.6 25.7 5.0 * *

a Full year disabled community residents under age 65. 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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; 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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