Table 2

Primary payer identified among subjects hospitalized during the year prior to death.


CCC Diagnosis



Yes
No
Total

Primary Payer
%
%
%
     Medicaid
40.2
39.9
40.0
     Medicare
1.9
0.5
1.0
     Other Governmental
2.9
3.3
3.2
     HMO
14.5
8.6
10.7
     Private Insurance
37.1
35.8
36.3
     Worker's Compensation
0.1
0.4
0.3
     Self Pay
3.3
11.6
8.6
     Charity Care
0.1
0.1
0.1
     TOTAL
100.0
100.0
100.0

Feudtner et al. BMC Medicine 2003 1:3   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-1-3