Dataset Information

State variation in the characteristics of Medicare-Medicaid dual enrollees: Implications for risk adjustment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine between-state differences in the socioeconomic and health characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries dually enrolled in Medicaid, focusing on characteristics not observable to or used by policy makers for risk adjustment.

Data source

2010-2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Study design

Retrospective analyses of survey-reported health and socioeconomic status (SES) measures among low-income Medicare beneficiaries and low-income dual enrollees. We used hierarchical linear regression models with state random effects to estimate the between-state variation in respondent characteristics and linear models to compare the characteristics of dual enrollees by state Medicaid policies.