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Table 9.4c

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 4,595 4,671 4,969 5,351 5,848 6,121 6,363 6,228 6,070 6,101
Private Insurance 2,976 2,991 3,231 3,344 3,541 3,623 3,759 3,661 3,564 3,533
Medicaid 664 704 758 833 963 1,039 1,091 1,009 1,003 1,025
Medicare 631 669 704 886 1,041 1,146 1,190 1,284 1,246 1,240
Other 324 307 276 288 303 312 323 274 257 303
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 64.8% 64.0% 65.0% 62.5% 60.6% 59.2% 59.1% 58.8% 58.7% 57.9%
Medicaid 14.5% 15.1% 15.3% 15.6% 16.5% 17.0% 17.1% 16.2% 16.5% 16.8%
Medicare 13.7% 14.3% 14.2% 16.6% 17.8% 18.7% 18.7% 20.6% 20.5% 20.3%
Other 7.1% 6.6% 5.6% 5.4% 5.2% 5.1% 5.1% 4.4% 4.2% 5.0%
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.