caring for the new uninsured: hospital charity care for the elderly without coverage
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Caring for the New Uninsured: Hospital Charity Care for the Elderly without Coverage. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting Tuesday June 27, 2006 Derek DeLia, Ph.D. Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Acknowledgments. Funding from Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Comments & contributions from: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Caring for the New Uninsured:Hospital Charity Care for the Elderly
without Coverage
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting Tuesday June 27, 2006
Derek DeLia, Ph.D.Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
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Acknowledgments
• Funding from Johnson & Johnson, Inc. • Comments & contributions from:
Cecilia HuangJohn GantnerSusan ReinhardJasmine RizzoMichael YedidiaJoel Cantor
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The Elderly without Coverage
• Medicare as “universal insurance” for the elderly
• 350,000 people in the U.S. elderly & uninsured in 2000 (Mold, Fryer, & Thomas, 2004)
Mix of individuals not eligible for MedicareImmigrants, Unusual work history May also be Medicaid ineligible
• Likely rely on hospital charity care• Little data to describe extent & trends in use• Hospital CC database in NJ
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Study objectives
1. Describe prevalence & growth in hospital CC use by the elderly.
2. Compare CC use by the elderly (65+) to corresponding use by children (0-18) & non-elderly adults (19-64).
3. Compare CC costs & services used by the elderly to other age groups.
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Study population & data
• Hospital charity care claims data in NJ, 1999-2004
• Hospital Charity Care Program• Subsidies for CC to qualified low-income
uninsured residents• Payment rate based on discounted Medicaid
rates• Full Medicaid charges as “conservative”
estimate of CC costs• Inflation adjusted to 2004 $ using MC-CPI
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Major finding 1:
CC use by the elderly has grown very rapidly.
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Use of hospital CC by the elderly in NJ, 1999 vs. 2004
1999 2004 %Change
Outpatient visits 19,050 49,139 158%
Inpatient admissions
1,815 3,356 85%
Inpatient days 19,021 22,813 20%
Costs (Inflation-adjusted Medicaid charges)
$26m $48m 86%
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Major finding 2:
The elderly have surpassed children in their use of CC.
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Non-elderly adults are the primary users of hospital CC.
"Typical" division of CC use by age
Elderly Non-elderly adults Children
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Percentage of outpatient CC visits attributable to children vs. elderly
patients in NJ, 1999-2004
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Children Elderly
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Percentage of inpatient CC admissions attributable to children vs. elderly
patients
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%9%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Children Elderly
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Percentage of inpatient CC days attributable to children vs. elderly
patients
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Children Elderly
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Percentage of CC “costs” attributable to children vs. elderly patients
(Costs = Inflation-adjusted Medicaid charges)
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Children Elderly
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Major finding 3:
Elderly CC patients use a different mix of services and
generate a different distribution of costs.
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Most Common Major Diagnostic Categories for Inpatient CC users
by Age, 2004
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Kidney/urinary
Nerv/sense org
Circulatory syst
Pregnancy/birth
MH/subst abuse
Percentage of inpatient CC users by age
Elderly Non-elderly adults Children
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Average costs per inpatient CC admission by age group, 2004
$3,501
$5,356
$7,061
Children Non-elderly adults Elderly
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Distribution of inpatient CC costs by age group, 2004
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0 10000 20000 30000 40000Dollars per patient
Children Non-elderly adultsElderly
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Average costs per outpatient CC visit by age group, 2004
$279
$441$492
Children Non-elderly adults Elderly
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Distribution of outpatient CC costs by age group, 2004
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0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500Dollars per patient
Children Non-elderly adultsElderly
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Implications for SN hospitals• Use of CC by the elderly more common & more
expensive
==> higher costs per case==> greater financial burden on SN hospitals==> Shift to different service mix ==> increased demand for unreimbursed
services addressing needs of the elderly
• Similar trends in other states?SCHIP, Aging population, Immigration
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Potential policy responses
• Medicare expansionEconomic constraintsPolitical constraints (coverage for immigrants)
• Direct SN supportGrowing demand for unreimbursed careHigh need/high cost population