Specifically, Medicare was expected to pay for 51 percent of hospitalizations in nonmetropolitan counties and 40 percent of hospitalizations in metropolitan counties.
The same year, Medicaid was expected to pay approximately 15-20 percent of hospitalizations in both nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties. Meanwhile, private insurance was the expected source of payment for 32 percent of hospitalizations in metropolitan counties, compared with 24 percent of hospitalizations in nonmetropolitan counties.
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