Effects of improvements in the CPS on the estimated prevalence of medical financial burdens.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the effects of questionnaire and imputation improvements in the Current Population Survey (CPS) on the estimated prevalence of high medical financial burden, that is, families spending more than 10 percent of income on medical care.

Data source

Matched longitudinal sample of CPS data for 2013 and 2014 calendar years.

Study design

The CPS used a split-sample design to field traditional and redesigned questions about 2013 income, and old and new out-of-pocket premium imputation procedures, respectively. For both samples, CPS data for 2014 were from the redesigned income questions and the new imputation procedures. We quantify the effects of the combined survey improvements using differences-in-differences methods.

Principal findings

The impro

SUBMITTER: Hill SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606553 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature