The effect of income question design in health surveys on family income, poverty and eligibility estimates

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1534-1552

  Davern, Michael ^a   Rodin, Holly ^b   Beebe, Timothy J ^c   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eligibility; Imputation; Income measurement; Poverty; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644432703     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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