Medicaid Populations with Chronic and Disabling Conditions: A Compilation of Data on Their Characteristics, Health Conditions, Service Use, and Medicaid Payments:Final rept

摘要

The report is based on data for calendar years 1999 and 2000 from the Medicaid Analytical Extract System (MAX) and from the disability files of the Social Security Administration (SSA). These data were used to identify Medicaid beneficiaries with special health care needs and to examine their wide range of chronic and disabling conditions.The report contains an extensive set of tables describing the demographic characteristics, chronic conditions, service utilization, and Medicaid payments for enrollees aged 0 through 64. It also presents tables, based on information from the SSA, on the disabling conditions that qualified beneficiaries for the SSI and SSDI programs.