Table 2 Percentage of caregivers and hours of home care given by payer
From: Who pays for home care? A study of nationally representative data on disabled older Americans
Funding source | Percentage of caregivers | Hours of care given | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | ||
All funding sources | 100 | 16.2 | 100 |
Publicly funded programs | 28 | 3.9 | 24 |
Personal sources | 63 | 10.1 | 62 |
Both public and personal sources | 9 | 2.2 | 13 |
Publicly funded programs only | 100 | 12.1 | 100 |
Medicare | 60 | 5.4 | 45 |
Medicaid | 22 | 2.9 | 24 |
Both | 18 | 3.9 | 32 |
Personal sources only | 100 | 17.7 | 100 |
Out-of-pocket payment | 87 | 13.2 | 75 |
Private insurance | 4 | 1.3 | 7 |
Family member | 2 | 1.0 | 6 |
>1 personal source | 8 | 2.1 | 12 |
Both public and personal sources | 100 | 21.4 | 100 |