Health Insurance/Access to Care

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)

The Accuracy of Reported Insurance Status in the MEPS. S. Hill, Inquiry 44: Winter 2007/2008, 443-468. Uses four sources of validation data, including surveys of employers and providers, to assess the quality of respondents' reports of private insurance and uninsurance in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component. (AHRQ 08-R051)

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)

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)

The Impact of SCHIP on Insurance Coverage of Children. J. Hudson, T. Selden, J. Banthin, Inquiry 42: Fall 2005, 232-254. Uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey between 1996 and 2002 to investigate the impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on insurance coverage for children. Explores a range of alternative estimation strategies, including instrumental variables and difference-in-trends models. (AHRQ 06-R018)

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)

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)

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)

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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