. . . . . . . "Persons with high health care expenditures proportions by age and insurance coverage"@en . . . . . "The likelihood of a person having high medical expenses (in total or out of pocket) is affected by several factors, including health status, decisions about health care use by individuals and their health care providers, whether the person is insured, and the generosity of insurance for those with coverage. This Brief provides estimates from the 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) of proportions of the population with high medical expenditures by age and insurance coverage. All differences between estimates discussed in the text are statistically significant at the .05 level or better. Estimates are provided separately for total and out-of-pocket expenses. Total expenses include payments from all sources (including third-party payers and other miscellaneous sources) to hospitals, physicians, dental providers, pharmacies and other health care providers for services reported in the MEPS Household Component (HC), but does not include health insurance premiums. Out-of-pocket expenses comprise the portion of total payments made by individuals and families for services received. We first present variations by age for two selected thresholds of total expenses ($7,500 and $15,000) and two selected thresholds of out-of-pocket expenses ($1,500 and $3,000). Then we examine variation in the proportions above the higher thresholds for adults age 18-64 and the elderly age 65 and over by insurance coverage. We also examine variations in individual high out-of-pocket expenses by family income status."@en . . "Health Expenditures United States Statistics." . .