Table 5. Medical care benefits: Coverage for selected services, state and local government workers, National
Compensation Survey, 2011

(All workers participating in medical care plans = 100 percent)
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                          Hospital Inpatient Outpatie- Physician  Skilled     Home    Hospice 
            Characteristics               room and  surgery      nt      office   nursing    health     care  
                                           board              surgery    visit    facility    care            
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
All workers.............................        99        98        98       100        82        83        80
                                                                                                              
         Worker characteristic                                                                                
                                                                                                              
Management, professional, and related...       100        99        99       100        82        83        80
  Professional and related..............       100        99        99       100        82        84        80
    Teachers............................        99        99        99       100        80        82        78
      Primary, secondary, and special                                                                         
      education school teachers.........        99        99        99       100        79        80         –
Service.................................        99        98        98       100        83        85        81
  Protective service....................        99        98        98       100        83        85        80
Sales and office........................        99        98        98       100        82        85        80
  Office and administrative support.....        99        98        98       100        82        85        80
Natural resources, construction, and                                                                          
maintenance.............................        99        98        98       100        74        79         –
Production, transportation, and material                                                                      
moving..................................        98        97        97       100        75         –         –
                                                                                                              
Full time...............................        99        98        98       100        82        83        79
Part time...............................       100       100        99       100        77        86        82
                                                                                                              
Union...................................        99        98        98       100        83        82        77
Nonunion................................        99        99        99       100        80        85        82
                                                                                                              
Average wage within the following                                                                             
categories:(1)                                                                                                
  Lowest 25 percent.....................        99        98        98       100        80        85        82
    Lowest 10 percent...................        98        98        98       100        80        86        84
  Second 25 percent.....................        99        99        99       100        81        85        79
  Third 25 percent......................        99        99        99       100        83        83        80
  Highest 25 percent....................       100        98        98       100        82        81        78
    Highest 10 percent..................       100        99        99       100        82        82        79
                                                                                                              
      Establishment characteristic                                                                            
                                                                                                              
Service-providing industries............        99        98        98       100        82        83        80
  Education and health services.........       100        99        99       100        81        84        80
    Educational services................       100        99        99       100        80        83        79
      Elementary and secondary schools..        99        99        99       100        80        81        77
      Junior colleges, colleges, and                                                                          
      universities......................       100        99        99       100        83        91        85
    Health care and social assistance...       100        99        99       100        83        85        86
      Hospitals.........................       100        99        99       100        81        87        85
  Public administration.................        98        98        98       100        84        84        79
                                                                                                              
1 to 99 workers.........................        97        97        97       100         –         –         –
  1 to 49 workers.......................        97        97        97       100        79        80        79
  50 to 99 workers......................         –         –         –       100         –         –         –
100 workers or more.....................        99        99        99       100        82        84        80
  100 to 499 workers....................        99        99        99       100        82        83        81
  500 workers or more...................       100        99        99       100        83        84        80
                                                                                                              
State government........................       100        99        99       100        88        90        90
Local government........................        99        98        98       100        79        81         –
                                                                                                              
            Geographic area                                                                                   
                                                                                                              
New England.............................        99        99        99       100        85        79        76
Middle Atlantic.........................       100        97        97       100        91        83        85
East North Central......................        99        98        98       100        75        82         –
West North Central......................        99        99        99       100         –        84         –
South Atlantic..........................        99        99        99       100        87        88        84
West South Central......................       100        99        99       100        78        81        79
Mountain................................       100       100       100       100         –         –         –
Pacific.................................        99        99        99       100        84        84         –

  1 The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with
earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates published in the
"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2010." See Technical Note for more
details.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data do not meet publication criteria. For
definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at
www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20102011.htm.