Six-State Survey of Elderly Dual Enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid, 1999 (ICPSR 3240)

Principal Investigator(s): Kasper, Judith D.

Summary: This survey, conducted in Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin, examined access to health care among elderly dual enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid. Respondents provided information about their health status, unmet needs for care, care availability, care utilization, quality of care, and difficulty in activities related to personal care and independent living. Additionally, the survey questioned respondents about private health insurance coverage, out-of-pocket ex... (more info)

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Kasper, Judith D. Six-State Survey of Elderly Dual Enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid, 1999. ICPSR03240-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03240.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03240.v1

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This survey was funded by:

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ 033667)
• Commonwealth Fund (Commonwealth Fund: 980510)

Summary:   This survey, conducted in Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin, examined access to health care among elderly dual enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid. Respondents provided information about their health status, unmet needs for care, care availability, care utilization, quality of care, and difficulty in activities related to personal care and independent living. Additionally, the survey questioned respondents about private health insurance coverage, out-of-pocket expenses for prescribed medicines and medical bills as a whole, delays in getting health care caused by money problems, and concerns with neighborhood crime and violence at home. Background variables include sex, age (two age groups), race, Hispanic origin, education, home ownership, income, and work status at age 65.

Subject Terms:   elder abuse, health care access, health care costs, health insurance, health status, independent living, Medicaid, Medicare, neighborhoods, older adults

Geographic Coverage:   Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, United States, Washington, Wisconsin

Time Period:  

• 1999

Date of Collection:  

• 1999

Universe:   Persons aged 65 and over, dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, living in households in Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The data map is provided as an ASCII file and the codebook as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

Sample:   Age-stratified random sample from Medicare enrollment files. A response rate of 77 percent was achieved.

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Original ICPSR Release:  2001-11-14

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