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Table 13.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Heart-Lung Recipients

Primary Payment Source	Year of Transplant
Primary Payment Source	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	48	27	33	29	40	35	31	31	27	29
Private Insurance	31	21	23	18	29	21	23	17	17	13
Medicaid	10	3	4	5	5	7	3	6	5	8
Medicare	6	3	4	2	6	6	5	7	4	8
Other	1	-	2	4	-	1	-	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	64.6%	77.8%	69.7%	62.1%	72.5%	60.0%	74.2%	54.8%	63.0%	44.8%
Medicaid	20.8%	11.1%	12.1%	17.2%	12.5%	20.0%	9.7%	19.4%	18.5%	27.6%
Medicare	12.5%	11.1%	12.1%	6.9%	15.0%	17.1%	16.1%	22.6%	14.8%	27.6%
Other	2.1%	-	6.1%	13.8%	-	2.9%	-	3.2%	3.7%	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a heart and a lung were among

the organs transplanted.