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Twenty years of coverage: an enhanced current population survey-1989-2008.
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ABSTRACT: Objective
To create a consistent time series to understand coverage trends by harmonizing 20 years of insurance coverage estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) that are an available public resource.Data source
1990-2009 CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement data.Study design
CPS data are enhanced to account for methodological and conceptual changes in health insurance measurement and population control totals.Principal findings
The enhancements to the CPS result in an approximately 1 percent reduction in uninsurance rates. Reductions vary over time and by age group. Changes over the last two decades differ slightly using the two data sources. For example, the enhanced data show a greater erosion of private coverage.Conclusion
The enhanced data provide the most consistent measure of health insurance coverage over the past two decades.
SUBMITTER: Ziegenfuss JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3034270 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Twenty years of coverage: an enhanced current population survey-1989-2008.
Health services research 20100917 1 Pt 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To create a consistent time series to understand coverage trends by harmonizing 20 years of insurance coverage estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) that are an available public resource.<h4>Data source</h4>1990-2009 CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement data.<h4>Study design</h4>CPS data are enhanced to account for methodological and conceptual changes in health insurance measurement and population control totals.<h4>Principal findings</h4>The enhancements to ...[more]