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Description & Citation--Study No. 6794

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:6794
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06794
 
Title:State Risk Pool Utilization and Cost Data, 1988-1991: [Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Washington, and Wisconsin]
 
Principal Investigator(s):Sally Stearns, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
Funding Agency:Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
 
Grant Number:19190
 
Bibliographic Citation:Stearns, Sally. STATE RISK POOL UTILIZATION AND COST DATA, 1988-1991: [CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, WASHINGTON, AND WISCONSIN] [Computer file]. ICPSR06794-v2. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [producer], 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-07-24. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06794
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study comprises enrollment, utilization, and cost data for a number of state-sponsored high-risk health insurance plans. These plans, known as state risk pools, were primarily established for persons who wanted to buy health insurance but either were medically uninsurable or unable to find a policy at a reasonable cost. Enrollment variables in the data collection include reason for eligibility, preexisting conditions, Medicaid status, and month and year of enrollment and disenrollment. Utilization and cost variables include person's age and gender, coinsurance and deductible payments, and allowed charges by type of disease and type of service (outpatient, inpatient, pharmacy, or physician). The utilization and cost data are aggregated by person and month, with each observation representing a single month of enrollment for an individual.
 
Subject Term(s):insurance, insurance coverage
 
Geographic Coverage:Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Washington, Wisconsin
 
Time Period:January 1, 1988 - December 31, 1991
 
Date(s) of Collection:October 1995
 
Universe:All persons enrolled during 1988-1991 in state-sponsored high-risk comprehensive health insurance risk pools in Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Washington, and Wisconsin.
 
Data Type:administrative records data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The utilization and cost data files (Datasets 1-6) can be linked to the enrollment data (Dataset 7) by matching on variables FAMID and FAMMEM. (2) Some variables are not available for all states.
 

Methodology

Data Source:Connecticut Health Reinsurance Association, Florida Comprehensive Health Association, Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, Nebraska Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool, Washington State Health Insurance Pool, Wisconsin Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plan, and Area Resource File
 
Extent of Processing:FREQ.PR/ REFORM.DATA/ REFORM.DOC/ SCAN
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1997-02-13
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2008-07-24.
 
  2008-07-24 - The codebook was revised to reflect the changes in the numbering of the datasets.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Connecticut Utilization and Cost Data
  • DS2: Florida Utilization and Cost Data
  • DS3: Minnesota Utilization and Cost Data
  • DS4: Nebraska Utilization and Cost Data
  • DS5: Washington Utilization and Cost Data
  • DS6: Wisconsin Utilization and Cost Data
  • DS7: Enrollment Data for All Six States
 

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