192434 MEPS Health Insurance Data

Saturday, November 7, 2009: 1:30 PM

Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD , Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the health insurance data collected in the MEPS. Health insurance data collected in the MEPS Household Component and Insurance Component will be described. Information on the different types of health insurance estimates (point-in-time, ever, full-year, spells of un- insurance) will be described. Information on how MEPS estimates compare to other national surveys and the National Health Accounts will be provided.

Learning Objectives:
List the analytical capabilities of MEPS as it relates to health insurance status.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have done this before.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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