TABLE 2.8 Medicaid Payments, by Type of Service and Category of Beneficiary: United States, 1997
	Children Adults 18–64 Adults 65 and Older Disabled Total   (in millions) Total $15,666 $12,298 $37,721 $54,192 $123,551 Inpatient hospital 5,288 4,557 1,931 10,423 23,143 Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded 22 6 637 8,988 9,798 Nursing facility 39 39 24,591 5,448 30,504 Physician 1,848 1,889 791 2,298 7,041 Outpatient hospital 1,327 1,299 605 2,721 6,169 Home health 413 85 3,351 8,113 12,237 Prescribed drugs 1,010 881 3,343 6,518 11,972 Other 5,719 3,542 2,372 9,620 22,687
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Review, 1999, pp. 304–312.