Table 3

Loss from each payment classification as a function of age and intra-couplet interval

Rate of Loss (percent per intra-couplet year)
 Difference in Rate (percent per intra-couplet year)


Public
 Private Insured
 Public vs. Private
 Private Insured

Age group*
 All intervals*
 All intervals*
 0 to 13 yrs
 14 to 21 yrs
 All Intervals*
 0 to 13 vs. 14 to 21 yrs
0–16 Years$
 0.63
 1.77
 2.37
 0.40
 1.14
 1.97
17–39 Years
 0.49
 2.27
 2.39
 0.55
 1.78
 1.84
40–69 Years
 0.81
 1.94
 2.56
 0.46
 1.13
 2.10
70+ Years
 0.25
 2.64
 2.67
 1.91
 2.39
 0.76

* Averaged over all intra-couplet intervals in years.

$Maximum intra-couplet interval 16 years as age determined at second episode.

Moorin and Holman Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2005 2:12   doi:10.1186/1743-8462-2-12