Table 13.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Heart-Lung Recipients

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 69 39 62 47 51 48 27 32 29 39
Private Insurance 38 23 34 31 32 31 21 22 18 28
Medicare 12 2 9 6 11 6 3 4 2 6
Medicaid 9 10 11 3 7 10 3 4 5 5
Other - 2 7 6 1 1 - 2 4 -
Unknown 10 2 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 55.1% 59.0% 54.8% 66.0% 62.7% 64.6% 77.8% 68.8% 62.1% 71.8%
Medicare 17.4% 5.1% 14.5% 12.8% 21.6% 12.5% 11.1% 12.5% 6.9% 15.4%
Medicaid 13.0% 25.6% 17.7% 6.4% 13.7% 20.8% 11.1% 12.5% 17.2% 12.8%
Other - 5.1% 11.3% 12.8% 2.0% 2.1% - 6.3% 13.8% -
Unknown 14.5% 5.1% 1.6% 2.1% - - - - - -


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a heart and a lung were amongthe organs transplanted.