What is the average expense of non-elderly health care users?
• Non-elderly people who used health care services had mean and median expenses of $1,939 and $553, respectively, in 1999. However, spending on different types of services varied widely. • Hospital inpatient care was the most expensive type of care, with mean per-user expenses of $8,895. Per-user expenses for home health care were also high, but less than 1% of the population under 65 had home health expenses in 1999. (See page 18.) • The median expense for most other types of care was relatively low, ranging from $251 for ambulatory care to $124 for prescribed medicines.
