Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1995 to 2004

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 3,880 4,019 4,099 4,424 4,498 4,594 4,670 4,969 5,350 5,845
Private Insurance 2,437 2,469 2,591 2,912 2,929 2,971 2,985 3,227 3,327 3,517
Medicare 456 525 501 569 581 632 675 712 908 1,052
Medicaid 670 742 691 658 654 663 700 754 824 943
Other 296 257 285 272 315 328 310 276 291 303
Unknown 21 26 31 13 19 - - - - 30
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 62.8% 61.4% 63.2% 65.8% 65.1% 64.7% 63.9% 64.9% 62.2% 60.2%
Medicare 11.8% 13.1% 12.2% 12.9% 12.9% 13.8% 14.5% 14.3% 17.0% 18.0%
Medicaid 17.3% 18.5% 16.9% 14.9% 14.5% 14.4% 15.0% 15.2% 15.4% 16.1%
Other 7.6% 6.4% 7.0% 6.1% 7.0% 7.1% 6.6% 5.6% 5.4% 5.2%
Unknown 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.3% 0.4% - - - - 0.5%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one ofthe organs transplanted.