Access to Health Care: Does Neighborhood
Residential Instability Matter? J. Kirby, T. Kaneda, Journal
of Health and Social Behavior 47: June 2006, 142-155. Focuses on the
association between neighborhood residential instability and reduced access to
health care. (AHRQ 06-R072)
Children's Eligibility and Coverage: A Look
Ahead. J. Hudson, T. Selden, Health Affairs 26(5):2007,
w618-w629. Tracks changes in children's public insurance eligibility and
coverage using data from the 1996-2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. (AHRQ
07-R078)
Coverage for Mental Health Treatment: Do the
Gaps Still Persist? S. Zuvekas, C. Meyerhoefer, Journal
of Mental Health Policy and Economics 9:2006, 123-131. Examines how
effective mental health benefits, as measured by actual out-of-pocket
expenses, compares to coverage for non-mental health treatment and how this
has changed in recent years. (AHRQ 06-R058)
The Demand for Dependent Health Insurance:
How Important is the Cost of Family Coverage? A. Monheit, J.
Vistnes, Journal of Health Economics 24:2005, 1108-1131. Examines
the role of out-of-pocket premiums and expanded Medicaid eligibility in
households' demand for employment-based family coverage. (AHRQ 06-R024)
Demographic and Clinical Variations in Health
Status. J. Fleishman, MEPS Methodology Report,
14: January 2005, 10 pp. Using nationally representative data from the Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey, summarizes population differences using two generic
measures, the SF-12® and the EuroQol. (AHRQ 05-0022)
Health Insurance Coverage During a 24-Month
Period: A Comparison of Estimates from Two National Health
Surveys. S. Cohen, D. Makuc, T. Ezzati-Rice, Health Services
and Outcomes Research Methodology 7:2007, 125-144. Compares national
estimates of health insurance coverage over generally comparable 24-month time
periods using two integrated Federal health-related surveys, the Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. (AHRQ
08-R029)
Health Insurance: What Employers Are
Reporting. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, MEPS
Statistical Briefs, October 2006. Includes eight Statistical Briefs
from the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, fiscal
year 2006. (AHRQ 07-RG004)
The Impact of Survey Attrition on Health
Insurance Coverage Estimates in a National Longitudinal Health Care
Survey. S. Cohen, T. Ezzati-Rice, W. Yu, Health Services and
Outcomes Research Methodology 6:2006, 111-125. Summarizes the survey
operations, informational materials, interviewer training and experience, and
the refusal conversion techniques used in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
to maintain respondent cooperation for five rounds of interviewing and to help
minimize sample attrition. (AHRQ 07-R048)
Informed Participation in TennCare by People
with Disabilities. S. Hill, J. Woolridge, Journal of Health
Care for the Poor and Underserved 17: November 2006, 851-875, Uses
survey results to examine informed health care choices by nonelderly people
with diverse disabilities—including mental retardation, mental illness,
visual and hearing impairments, and difficulty communicating—who were
enrolled in TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid managed care program. The survey
was fielded between October 1998 and March 1999. (AHRQ 07-R045)
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and
Access to Health Care. J. Kirby, T. Kaneda, Journal of Health
and Social Behavior 46: March 2005, 15-31. Discusses the role of
community-level factors in helping or hindering individuals in obtaining
needed care by examining how neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is
associated with access to health care. (AHRQ 05-R051)
Parity for Whom? Exemptions and the Extent of
State Mental Health Parity Legislation. T. Buchmueller, P.
Cooper, M. Jacobson, et al., Health Affairs 26(4):2007, w483-w487.
Summarizes the extent and scope of State parity legislation in terms of the
number of insured private-sector employees covered. (AHRQ 07-R062)
Pathways to Coverage: The Changing Roles of
Public and Private Sources. J. Vistnes, B. Schone, Health
Affairs 27(1): January/February 2008, 44-57. Analyzes the growing
trend of families' obtaining insurance in patchwork fashion from both private
and public sources. (AHRQ 08-R033)
Rural-Urban Differences in Employment-Related
Health Insurance. S. Larson, S. Hill, Journal of Rural
Health 21(1): Winter
2005, 21-30. Compares nonelderly adult residents
in three types of nonmetropolitan areas with metropolitan workers to evaluate
which characteristics contribute to lack of employment-related insurance.
Concludes that health insurance disparities associated with rural residence
are related to employment factors including smaller employers, lower wages,
greater prevalence of self-employment, and sociodemographic characteristics.
(AHRQ 05-R026)
Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals,
2003. R. Andrews, D. Stull, I. Fraser, et al., HCUP Fact Book,
No. 8, January 2007, 34 pp. Presents data on hospitals that treat a
disproportionately large share of uninsured patients, including both financial
status and structural and geographic characteristics of these
"safety-net" hospitals as well as clinical characteristics of the
patients they serve. (AHRQ 07-0006)
State Differences in Employer-Sponsored
Health Insurance, 2003. J. Branscome, B. Crimmel, MEPS
Chartbook, No. 15, May 2006, 25 pp. Presents State estimates from the
2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component. Examines workers'
access to job-related health insurance and their enrollment rates, and
examines State differences in the cost of that insurance, both to the employer
offering coverage and to the worker taking coverage. (AHRQ 06-0030)
Statistics on Health Insurance: Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey. Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, MEPS Statistical Briefs, October 2006. Includes six
Statistical Briefs from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey, fiscal year 2006. (AHRQ 07-RG002)
Tax Subsidies for Employment-Related Health
Insurance: Estimates for 2006. T. Selden, B. Gray, Health
Affairs 25(6): November/December 2006, 1568-1579. Presents
tax-subsidy projections from a new data resource constructed using a
statistical linkage between the establishment and household components of the
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Presents per worker tax-subsidy estimates
and an analysis of insurance incidence by establishment characteristics. (AHRQ
07-R014)
Workers Who Decline Employment-Related Health
Insurance. D. Bernard, T. Selden, Medical Care
Supplement, 44(5): May 2006, I-12-I-18. Examines health status, access to
health care, utilization, and expenditures among families that declined health
insurance coverage offered by employers using data from the Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey for 2001 and 2002. (AHRQ 07-R012)
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