A partially corrected estimate of medicaid enrollment and uninsurance: Results from an imputational model developed off linked survey and administrative data

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-240

  Davern, Michael ^a   Klerman, Jacob A ^b   Ziegenfuss, Jeanette ^c   Lynch, Victoria ^d   Greenberg, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b 200 First Street SW Pavilion 5 ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CPS ASEC; Imputation; Medicaid enrollment; MSIS; Survey measurement error; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY; SURVEY;

EID: 77950197573     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-2009-0324     Document Type: Article

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