National Survey of Access to Health Care, 1986 (ICPSR 8981)
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Howard E. Freeman, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08981.v1
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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.
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Households were sampled using random-digit dialing. Seriously ill adults and children were oversampled.
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All households with telephones in the 48 contiguous states.
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personal interviews
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1989-09-26
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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:
- 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. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08981.v1
1999-02-03 The codebook is now available as a PDF file.
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This study is maintained and distributed by the Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA). HMCA is the official data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.