Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT): Publications by Staff

Gary Olin

Authors: Zuvekas S, Olin G
Title: Accuracy of Medicare expenditures in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Publication: Inquiry 46:92-108
Date: Spring 2009
Abstract: Available on PubMed®.

Author: Olin G
Title: Medical expenditures of the non-elderly by age and insurance status, 2004
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 197. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: January 2008
Abstract: This statistical brief describes medical expenditures of the non-elderly (under age 65) by age group and insurance status in 2004. People with private health insurance for all or part of the year were responsible for 79 percent of all medical expenditures even though they represented 71.2 percent of the non-elderly population. In contrast, people who were uninsured for the entire year (i.e., full-year uninsured) accounted for 4.8 percent of all medical expenditures while representing 14.1 percent of the non-elderly population.

Author: Olin G
Title: Proportion and medical expenditures of adults being treated for diabetes, 1996 and 2003
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 146. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: October 2006
Abstract: Using data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this statistical brief provides estimates on the changes between 1996 and 2003 in the proportion and medical expenditures of adults in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population who had at least one medical event for the treatment of diabetes. The 1996 expenditures have been inflated to 2003 dollars for comparisons of the average quantity of health care services delivered.

Authors: Kumar V, Olin G
Title: Changes in home health care use and expenditures between 1998/99 and 2002
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 94. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: September 2005
Abstract: Using data from the MEPS-HC for 1998, 1999, and 2002, this Statistical Brief provides an overview of home health care use and expenditures for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population in 1998/99 and 2002. The data for 1998 and 1999 have been combined to increase the precision of estimates for this period.

Authors: Olin G, Rhoades J
Title: The five most costly medical conditions, 1997 and 2002: Estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 80. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: May 2005
Abstract: This statistical brief presents data from the MEPS-HC concerning medical expenditures for the five most costly medical conditions in 1997 and 2002 for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population. These five conditions—heart conditions, cancer, trauma, mental disorders, and pulmonary conditions—were determined by totaling and ranking the expenses for the medical care delivered for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic conditions.

Authors: Olin G, Machlin S
Title: Health care expenses in the community population, 1999
Publication: MEPS Chartbook No. 11. AHRQ Pub. No. 03-0038. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: 2003
Abstract: This chartbook shows health care spending for the civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population in 1999. It presents data from the MEPS. The chartbook is organized into four sections. Section 1 is a summary of national expenses for the community population by amount, type of service, and source of payment. Section 2 presents information on non-elderly (under age 65) and elderly people living in the community, two groups that have quite different health care expenses. Section 3 shows average health care expenses for persons categorized by age, insurance status, income, and race/ethnicity. Section 4 shows the extent to which selected populations rely on different sources to pay for their health care.

Author: Olin G
Title: National health care expenses in the U.S. community population, 2000
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 27. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: 2003
Abstract: This statistical brief contains data on health care expenses and sources of payment for the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized (community) population in calendar year 2000. Health care expenses in this brief represent payments to hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers for services reported by respondents in the MEPS-HC.

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