Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2012 (ICPSR 35061)

Version Date: Mar 24, 2020

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Principal Investigator(s):
Sharon Long, The Urban Institute

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35061.v2

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  • V2 [2020-03-24]
  • V1 [2014-06-30] unpublished
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Summary

This study contains data from the sixth round of the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), a survey designed to track the impact of Massachusetts health care reform legislation passed in 2006. Topics covered by the survey include health status, access to health care, health care utilization, health insurance coverage, health insurance premiums, out-of-pocket health care costs, medical debt, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The survey also questioned the respondents about the burden of their health care spending, asked them to rate various aspects of their health insurance coverage, and asked how confident they felt they would be able to keep their current coverage in the coming year.

Citation

Long, Sharon. Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2012. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-03-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35061.v2

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Funding

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (70219)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

As explained in the ICPSR Processing Notes in the codebook, some variables are restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining the restricted variables must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to restricted variables through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2012-09-27 -- 2013-01-31

Date of Collection

2012-09-27 -- 2013-01-31

Data Collection Notes

  1. For more information about the survey methodology see:

    Sharon K. Long, Tim Triplett, and David Dutwin. The Massachusetts Health Reform Survey. The Urban Institute. January 2012.

    David Dutwin, Susan Sherr, Sharon K. Long, and Tim Triplett. The Massachusetts Health Reform Survey: Methodology Report for 2006 to 2012. March 2014.

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Sample

Households were selected using stratified random sampling of landline telephones and random sampling of cell phones. One respondent was randomly selected from each eligible household. Low and moderate income adults were oversampled.

Universe

Adults aged 19-64 years old in Massachusetts households with a cell-phone or landline telephone.

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

33.1 percent

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Original Release Date

2014-06-30

Version History

2020-03-24 Online variable search capabilities have been added for this study.

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Long, Sharon. Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2012. ICPSR35061-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-03-24. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35061.v2
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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