Extending Health Insurance to the Working Poor : An Assessment of Health Status and Health Care Utilization Effects...February 1990-June 1991 / Beth Weitzman.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9774.

ICPSR ; 9774

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance--New York (State)--New York.

Health insurance.

Working class--New York (State)--New York.

Working class.

Poor--Medical care--New York (State)--New York.

Poor.

Health status indicators--New York (State)--New York.

Health status indicators.

Medical care--Utilization--New York (State)--New York.

Medical care.

Home health aides--New York (State)--New York.

Home health aides.

Medical care surveys--New York (State)--New York.

Medical care surveys.

Medical care--Utilization.

Poor--Medical care.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

Using a pre- and post-program design, this survey studied newly-hired home health attendants and their families, most of whom were without medical insurance until they became eligible for health benefits through their union. To assess changes in health status and health services utilization, the attendants were interviewed at the point of union enrollment, and again nine months later. The interview taken prior to enrollment in the benefits program elicited information about concern over health, recent injuries, and self-assessed health status, e.g., the presence or absence of specific health conditions such as diabetes, ulcers, arthritis, stomach trouble, high blood pressure, allergies, asthma, and back problems. Respondents were also queried about the extent and type of previous health coverage (including Medicare and disability insurance), limitations of daily functioning due to poor health, and recent health care utilization, including hospitalization, emergency room usage, and routine ambulatory care. The latter included questions about out-of-pocket expenses and the type of health services received, such as X-rays, CAT scans, sonograms, laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, stress tests, surgery, and setting of bones. Other questions addressed utilization issues of particular relevance to the New York City area, e.g., the use of city hospital clinics. The post-enrollment survey included parallel follow-up questions, as well as questions regarding the respondent's employment status and current benefits. Additional variables in the data collection include respondent's race, Hispanic origin, place of birth, past work experience, date of birth, and sex, plus the sex and dates of birth of family members.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09774

Contents:

Part 1: Pre-Enrollment Interview Household Data; Part 2: Follow-Up Interview Household Data; Part 3: Pre-Enrollment Interview Individual Data; Part 4: Follow-Up Interview Individual Data; Part 5: Codebook for All Parts (ASCII); Part 6: Codebook for All Parts (PDF)

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61164178

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.