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Assessing the need for a new household panel study: Health insurance and health care

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  • Levy, Helen

    (University of Michigan)

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This paper considers the availability of data for addressing questions related to health insurance and health care and the potential contribution of a new household panel study. The paper begins by outlining some of the major questions related to policy and concludes that survey data on health insurance, access to care, health spending, and overall economic well-being will likely be needed to answer them. The paper considers the strengths and weaknesses of existing sources of survey data for answering these questions. The paper concludes that either a new national panel study, an expansion in the age range of subjects in existing panel studies, or a set of smaller changes to existing panel and cross-sectional surveys, would significantly enhance our understanding of the dynamics of health insurance, access to health care, and economic well-being.

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  • Levy, Helen, 2015. "Assessing the need for a new household panel study: Health insurance and health care," Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, IOS Press, issue 1-4, pages 341-356.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:iosjes:0038
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    Keywords

    Survey data; longitudinal studies; health insurance; access to care; health reform;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values

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