The cumulative impact of health insurance on health status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To add to the evidence base on causal linkages between health insurance coverage and health status, controlling for sociodemographic factors, by analyzing longitudinal data.

Data source

Secondary data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 2009-17, which is a longitudinal, multigenerational study covering a wide array of socioeconomic topics that began in 1968 but has only recently begun collecting useful information on individual health insurance.

Study design

2017 data on self-reported health status, work limitations, and death were analyzed as outcomes based upon the degree of exposure to health insurance in 2011-17. All variables were collected biannually for four years beginning in 2011. Having health insurance at each point in time was, in tur

SUBMITTER: Barker AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518807 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature