Health insurance coverage and mortality revisited.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To improve understanding of the relationship between lack of insurance and risk of subsequent mortality.

Data sources

Adults who reported being uninsured or privately insured in the National Health Interview Survey from 1986 to 2000 were followed prospectively for mortality from initial interview through 2002. Baseline information was obtained on 672,526 respondents, age 18-64 at the time of the interview. Follow-up information on vital status was obtained for 643,001 (96 percent) of these respondents, with approximately 5.4 million person-years of follow-up.

Study design

Relationships between insurance status and subsequent mortality are examined using Cox proportional hazard survival analysis.

Principal findings

Adjusted for demographic, health stat

SUBMITTER: Kronick R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2739025 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature