Is Medicaid misreporting stable over time? Self-reported health insurance coverage of Medicaid recipients in Louisiana, 2007–2017

Objective. To estimate changes in self-report and treatment of diabetes and hypertension between 2001 and 2012 among Mexican aged 50-80, assessing the contribution of education and health insurance coverage. Materials and methods. The Mexican Health and Aging Study was used to estimate associations of education and insurance on prevalence and treatment of diabetes and hypertension in 2001 and 2012. Multivariate decomposition was used to assess the contribution of changes in the composition of covariates vs. their “effects” on changes in prevalence and treatment over time. Results. Increases in the revalence/diagnosis and treatment during the period are largely attributable to the expansion of health insurance. Its effects on iagnosis/prevalence and treatment have also increased over time. Conclusions. The expansion of Seguro Popular likely improved screening and treatment. More research is needed to assess if these have translated into better control and a lower burden of disease.

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Accuracy in Self-Reported Health Insurance Coverage among Medicaid Enrollees

INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing ◽

10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.04.438 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 438-456 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Kathleen Thiede Call ◽

Gestur Davidson ◽

Michael Davern ◽

E. Richard Brown ◽

Jennifer Kincheloe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Insurance ◽

Multivariate Analyses ◽

Insurance Coverage ◽

Health Insurance Coverage ◽

Insurance Status ◽

Related Factors ◽

Reporting Error ◽

Reported Health

The largest portion of the Medicaid undercount is caused by survey reporting error—that is, Medicaid recipients misreport their enrollment in health insurance coverage surveys. In this study, we sampled known Medicaid enrollees to learn how they respond to health insurance questions and to document correlates of accurate and inaccurate reports. We found that Medicaid enrollees are fairly accurate reporters of insurance status and type of coverage, but some do report being uninsured. Multivariate analyses point to the prominent role of program-related factors in the accuracy of reports. Our findings suggest that the Medicaid undercount should not undermine confidence in survey-based estimates of uninsurance.

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Changes in Health Insurance Coverage Over Time by Immigration Status Among US Older Adults, 1992-2016

JAMA Network Open ◽

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0731 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. e200731

Author(s):

Jessica Cobian ◽

Maynor G. González ◽

Ying J. Cao ◽

Huiwen Xu ◽

Rui Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Health Insurance ◽

Insurance Coverage ◽

Health Insurance Coverage ◽

Immigration Status ◽

Over Time

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Changes in Spousal Health Insurance Coverage and Female Labor Supply Decisions

Forum for Health Economics & Policy ◽

10.2202/1558-9544.1126 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Kandice A. Kapinos

Keyword(s):

Health Insurance ◽

Labor Supply ◽

Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽

Insurance Coverage ◽

Health Insurance Coverage ◽

Full Time ◽

Current Population Survey Data ◽

Spousal Health ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Over Time

This study examines the changing relationship between spousal health insurance coverage and labor market outcomes for married women over time as healthcare costs have increased. In particular, I investigate how husbands' health insurance coverage offers affect wives' decisions to enter the labor force and work full-time and how this has changed over time. I endeavor to correct for potential biases of these effects by 1) using an instrumental variables model to deal with endogeneity and 2) estimating and netting out likely unobserved heterogeneity biases, such as assortative mating or income effects. Using Current Population Survey data from 1995 to 2005, I find that husbands' employer-provided health insurance coverage has a negative effect on wives' labor supply that has increased (become more negative) over time.

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