National Survey of Access to Health Care, 1986

Principal Investigator(s): Freeman, Howard E., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Summary: This survey, which was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, assessed Americans' access to health care, use of medical services, and problems encountered in obtaining health care. The data contain variables on the interviewees' personal background, utilization of medical, dental, and mental health services, and experiences in obtaining care. (more info)

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Dataset

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Codebook.pdf

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Freeman, Howard E. National Survey of Access to Health Care, 1986. ICPSR08981-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08981.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08981.v1

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This survey was funded by:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (10343)

Summary: This survey, which was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, assessed Americans' access to health care, use of medical services, and problems encountered in obtaining health care. The data contain variables on the interviewees' personal background, utilization of medical, dental, and mental health services, and experiences in obtaining care.

Subject Terms: dental health, health care, health care access, health care services, medical care, mental health

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period:

1986

Date of Collection:

1986

Universe: All households with telephones in the 48 contiguous states.

Data Types: survey data

Sample: Households were sampled using random-digit dialing. Seriously ill adults and children were oversampled.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release: 1989-09-26

Version History:

1999-02-03 The codebook is now available as a PDF file.

1998

Berk, Marc L., Schur, Claudia L. Measuring access to care: Improving information for policymakers. Health Affairs. 17, (180), 186

1987

Freeman, H.E., Blendon, R.J., Aiken, L.H., Sudman, S., Mullinix, C.F., Corey, C.R. . Americans report on their access to health care. Health Affairs. 6, (1), 6-18.

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