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Table 9.4a

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Primary Payment Source	Year of Transplant
Primary Payment Source	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	4,424	4,498	4,595	4,673	4,969	5,351	5,847	6,120	6,362	6,223
Private Insurance	2,912	2,929	2,976	2,993	3,230	3,343	3,537	3,619	3,756	3,614
Medicaid	658	654	664	702	757	832	956	1,041	1,086	995
Medicare	569	581	631	670	706	888	1,048	1,145	1,189	1,274
Other	272	315	324	307	276	288	305	314	331	281
Unknown	13	19	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	59
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Private Insurance	65.8%	65.1%	64.8%	64.0%	65.0%	62.5%	60.5%	59.1%	59.0%	58.1%
Medicaid	14.9%	14.5%	14.5%	15.0%	15.2%	15.5%	16.4%	17.0%	17.1%	16.0%
Medicare	12.9%	12.9%	13.7%	14.3%	14.2%	16.6%	17.9%	18.7%	18.7%	20.5%
Other	6.1%	7.0%	7.1%	6.6%	5.6%	5.4%	5.2%	5.1%	5.2%	4.5%
Unknown	0.3%	0.4%	-	0.0%	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.9%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(-) = None in category.

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

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