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Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers - SCD Donors

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 4,544 4,603 4,887 5,238 5,662 5,849 6,073 5,921 5,794 5,812
Private Insurance 2,937 2,948 3,173 3,272 3,425 3,470 3,603 3,470 3,396 3,360
Medicaid 660 694 752 818 938 1,000 1,029 970 951 987
Medicare 626 658 689 866 997 1,071 1,134 1,214 1,193 1,171
Other 321 303 273 282 302 307 307 267 254 294
Unknown - - - - - 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% 64.0% 64.9% 62.5% 60.5% 59.3% 59.3% 58.6% 58.6% 57.8%
Medicaid 14.5% 15.1% 15.4% 15.6% 16.6% 17.1% 16.9% 16.4% 16.4% 17.0%
Medicare 13.8% 14.3% 14.1% 16.5% 17.6% 18.3% 18.7% 20.5% 20.6% 20.1%
Other 7.1% 6.6% 5.6% 5.4% 5.3% 5.2% 5.1% 4.5% 4.4% 5.1%
Unknown - - - - - 0.0% - - - -


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of

the organs transplanted.