Despite the recession's effects on incomes and jobs, the share of people with high medical costs was mostly unchanged

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2563-2570

  Cunningham, Peter J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871904519     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0148     Document Type: Article

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7. To access the Appendix, click on the Appendix link in the box to the right of the article online
8. It should be noted that the editing procedures for prescription drug spending in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component changed starting with the 2007 data, which might have some effect on the trends reported in this article. However, other research using the same data concluded that the change in methodology did not have a large effect on the trends in prescription drug spending.
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12. Proposed federal regulations state that the affordability determination will be based on the cost of individual coverage only, even when the person has family coverage. The cost of individual coverage for people with family coverage was imputed by assuming the national average of the ratio of the cost of individual coverage to family coverage (0.275 in 2009, based on the insurance component of MEPS).