Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
Research
Coccidioidomycosis-associated Hospitalizations, California, USA, 2000–2011
Gail Sondermeyer
, Lauren Lee, Debra Gilliss, Farzaneh Tabnak, and Duc Vugia
, Lauren Lee, Debra Gilliss, Farzaneh Tabnak, and Duc Vugia
Table 5
Total and average annual charges, by expected source of payment category, for coccidioidomycosis-associated hospitalizations, California, 2000–2011*
| Payment category | % Total categories | Total, US $ | Average annual total, US $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private coverage | 32 | 713,390,109 | 59,449,176 |
| Government | 62 | 1,388,671,670 | 115,722,639 |
| Medi-Cal | 27 | 595,837,721 | 49,653,143 |
| Medicare | 25 | 567,965,499 | 47,330,458 |
| Other government | 7 | 161,878,874 | 13,489,906 |
| County indigent programs | 3 | 62,989,577 | 5,249,131 |
| Self-pay | 4 | 92,892,777 | 7,741,065 |
| Workers compensation | 1 | 18,209,024 | 1,517,419 |
| Other payer | 1 | 11,775,902 | 981,325 |
| Other indigent | <1 | 7,553,126 | 629,427 |
| Invalid/unknown | <1 | 593,365 | 118,673 |
| Total | 100 | 2,233,085,973 | 186,159,724 |
*Unknown, invalid, and missing charges were excluded from this analysis. Charity care charges coded as $1 were also excluded. Approximately 8% of hospitalizations were missing total charge data. These charges are not adjusted for inflation.
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