Table 10.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Intestine Recipients

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 46 45 68 70 73 81 111 107 116 152
Private Insurance 22 18 25 28 40 38 46 52 57 72
Medicare 4 1 4 3 6 5 14 8 10 15
Medicaid 14 9 33 35 22 30 40 40 45 56
Other 4 6 5 4 5 8 11 7 4 8
Unknown 2 11 1 - - - - - - 1
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 47.8% 40.0% 36.8% 40.0% 54.8% 46.9% 41.4% 48.6% 49.1% 47.4%
Medicare 8.7% 2.2% 5.9% 4.3% 8.2% 6.2% 12.6% 7.5% 8.6% 9.9%
Medicaid 30.4% 20.0% 48.5% 50.0% 30.1% 37.0% 36.0% 37.4% 38.8% 36.8%
Other 8.7% 13.3% 7.4% 5.7% 6.8% 9.9% 9.9% 6.5% 3.4% 5.3%
Unknown 4.3% 24.4% 1.5% - - - - - - 0.7%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which an intestine was one ofthe organs transplanted.