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Statistical brief ; #220
Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #220. ^A788249
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| Abstract |
Estimates of the health insurance status of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population are critical to policymakers and others concerned with access to medical care and the cost and quality of that care. Health insurance helps people get timely access to medical care and protects them against the risk of expensive and unanticipated medical events. When estimating the size of the uninsured population, it is important to consider the distinction between those uninsured for short periods of time and those who are uninsured for several years. Using information from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) for 2005 and 2006, this Statistical Brief provides detailed estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized non-elderly (under age 65) population that was uninsured for the entire 2003-2006 period and identifies groups most at risk of lacking any coverage over that four-year period. The addition of questions in MEPS to determine health insurance coverage profiles for the period covering 2003 and 2004, in concert with information on health insurance profiles from the National Health Interview Survey for 2004, facilitated these analyses of extended longitudinal profiles. All differences between estimates discussed in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level unless otherwise noted. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 12, 2008). |
| General note | "August 2008." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 4). |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/12/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st220/stat220.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |
| GPO item number | 0491-B-41 (online) |
| Govt. docs number |
HE 20.6517/10:220 |
