Volume 10 — September 19, 2013
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Disability, Health, and Multiple Chronic Conditions Among People Eligible for Both Medicare and Medicaid, 2005–2010
Category/Age | No. of Adults | No. of Chronic Conditions | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ≥5 | ||
No PD or CL | |||||||
18–64 | 228,488 | 41 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
≥65 | 614,218 | 20 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 |
PD only | |||||||
18–64 | 590,967 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 12 |
≥65 | 1,359,379 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 12 |
PD and CL | |||||||
18–64 | 243,236 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 10 |
≥65 | 362,651 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 11 |
Total | 3,398,940 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 8 |
Figure. Multiple chronic conditions among Medicare- and Medicaid-eligible noninstitutionalized
adults, by disability category and age, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS), 2005–2010 (N = 3,398,940 [weighted]). Abbreviations: PD, physical
disability; CL, cognitive limitation. The PD category includes those with
functional limitations or those who use assistive devices. It includes
anyone who reported having long-term walking limitations, long-term need for
assistive device, or long-term need for assistance with activities of daily
living but did not report cognitive limitation. CL includes those who
reported confusion or memory loss, having problems making decisions, or
requiring supervision for their own safety. The category “no PD or CL”
includes those who did not identify as having either a PD or CL. For chronic
conditions, the full-year consolidated files for MEPS include only questions
related to heart attack, coronary heart disease, angina, angina pectoris,
other heart disease (these 5 grouped as cardiovascular disease), stroke,
emphysema, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis and asthma.
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