Table 10.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Intestine Recipients

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 45 68 70 73 82 112 107 116 152 176
Private Insurance 18 25 28 40 39 46 52 57 73 86
Medicare 1 4 3 6 5 14 7 10 15 10
Medicaid 9 33 35 22 30 41 41 45 56 64
Other 6 5 4 5 8 11 7 4 8 15
Unknown 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 40.0% 36.8% 40.0% 54.8% 47.6% 41.1% 48.6% 49.1% 48.0% 48.9%
Medicare 2.2% 5.9% 4.3% 8.2% 6.1% 12.5% 6.5% 8.6% 9.9% 5.7%
Medicaid 20.0% 48.5% 50.0% 30.1% 36.6% 36.6% 38.3% 38.8% 36.8% 36.4%
Other 13.3% 7.4% 5.7% 6.8% 9.8% 9.8% 6.5% 3.4% 5.3% 8.5%
Unknown 24.4% 1.5% - - - - - - - 0.6%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

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