National Health Interview Survey 1994: Health Insurance Supplement (ICPSR 6873)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics

Summary: The purpose of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. This supplement includes variables from the NHIS core Person File (see NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1994 [ICPSR 6724]), including sex, age, race, education, family income, limitation of school activities, family relationship, and relationship to ref... (more info)

Series: National Health Interview Survey Series

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Survey 1994: Health Insurance Supplement. ICPSR06873-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06873.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06873.v1

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Summary:   The purpose of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. This supplement includes variables from the NHIS core Person File (see NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1994 [ICPSR 6724]), including sex, age, race, education, family income, limitation of school activities, family relationship, and relationship to reference person. The Health Insurance questionnaire was administered during the last two quarters of 1994 to all of the NHIS sample households. Respondents answered for all members of the household. Variables included in the supplement cover type of health care coverage (Medicare, Medicaid, military/CHAMPUS/CHAMP-VA, public assistance, private insurance), characteristics of the private insurance reported by the respondent (choice of doctor, source of coverage, employer subsidies for premiums, fee-for-service plans, Health Maintenance Organization [HMO] status, HMO type, HMO enrollment size, plan code list), and individual coverage status. Also covered are problems concerning denial or restriction of coverage, "job lock" due to insurance, reasons not covered (either currently or within the past year) and for how long, and out-of-pocket expenses in the past year for medical services not covered.

Subject Terms:   chronic disabilities, chronic illnesses, disabilities, health, health care, health care services, health insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations, health policy, health problems, illness, insurance coverage, Medicaid, Medicare

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1994

Date of Collection:  

• 1994

Universe:   Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data file(s) and text of the technical documentation for this collection as prepared by NCHS.

Sample:   One person 18 years or older was sampled from each household in the 1994 National Health Interview Survey.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release:  1997-04-22

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