Understanding the new current population survey health insurance questions

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 240-261

  Pascale, Joanne ^a   Boudreaux, Michel ^b   King, Ryan ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

experiment; Insurance; measurement error; redesign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MILITARY DEPENDENT; PENSIONER; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; INFANT; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956712794     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12312     Document Type: Article

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