Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics.

Cohorts
Variable 2015 2016 Total
n=5140 n=5202 n=10342
Age group, years
<65 17.5 16.5 17.0
65-75 51.6 51.7 51.6
>75 31.0 31.8 31.4
Race
White non-Hispanic 74.8 75.6 75.2
Black non-Hispanic 9.1 9.2 9.2
Hispanic 9.3 7.7 8.5
Other 6.8 7.5 7.2
Income, annual
<$25,000 33.0 31.6 32.3
>$25,000 67.0 68.4 67.7
Metro region
Metro 79.5 79.0 79.2
Non-metro 20.5 21.0 20.8
Education
No high school 16.9 16.0 16.4
High school 31.0 30.4 30.7
Above high school 52.2 53.6 52.9
Marital status
Married 64.6 65.6 65.1
Widowed 10.3 9.7 10.0
Divorced/separated 14.6 14.9 14.8
Never Married 10.5 9.8 10.1
Dual coverage (Medicare and Medicaid)
No 84.5 85.4 85.0
Yes 15.5 14.6 15.0
Part D coverage
No 30.7 30.1 30.4
Yes 69.3 70.0 69.6
Has private insurance
No 47.1 47.3 47.2
Yes 52.9 52.7 52.8
Enrolled in Medicare Advantage
No 66.1 65.7 65.9
Yes 33.9 34.3 34.1
Body weight
Healthy 26.0 26.0 26.0
Underweight 0.9 1.0 0.9
Overweight 40.9 40.9 40.9
Obese 32.3 32.2 32.2
Perceived health
Much Better 7.6 7.3 7.5
Somewhat better 12.2 12.3 12.2
About the same 62.1 62.4 62.2
Somewhat worse 15.5 15.9 15.7
Worse 2.6 2.2 2.4
No. of ADLs
0 61.0 64.4 62.7
1 9.2 10.7 9.9
>=2 29.9 25.0 27.4
No. of outpatient visits
None 49.3 50.7 50.0
1 to 5 22.7 21.5 22.1
6 to 10 13.7 13.8 13.8
11 to 15 7.4 7.3 7.3
16 to 20 3.4 3.8 3.6
> 20 3.5 3.0 3.2
No. of inpatient visits
None 90.9 91.6 91.2
1 to 5 6.8 6.4 6.6
6 to 10 1.5 1.2 1.3
11 to 15 0.5 0.4 0.5
16 to 20 0.3 0.4 0.4
Year
2015 49.5
2016 50.5