Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2015 (ICPSR 36419)
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Sharon Long, Urban Institute
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36419.v2
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This data collection comprises data from the 2015 round of the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), a survey which has been conducted in most years since 2006 to monitor and understand the state's health care system. Topics covered by the survey include health insurance status; specific types of health insurance coverage held by the survey respondents; insurance premiums and covered services for those with insurance; access to and use of health care; out-of-pocket health care costs and medical debt; health and disability status; and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
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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 data file 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 the restricted data file through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal.
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For more information about the survey methodology see:
David Dutwin, Susan Sherr, A.J. Jennings, Sharon K. Long, and Tim Triplett. The Massachusetts Health Reform Survey: Methodology Report. Social Science Research Solutions and the Urban Institute. December 2015.
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Households were selected using stratified random-digit dialing. One respondent was randomly selected from each eligible household. Low and moderate income adults were oversampled.
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Adults aged 19-64 years old in Massachusetts households with a cell-phone or landline telephone.
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20.6 percent
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2017-01-20
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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, 2015. ICPSR36419-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-03-24. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36419.v2
2017-01-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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