Publication
Update on National Health Reform: A Moving Target
Presentation by Lynn A. Blewett to the Minnesota Health Care Reform Review Council at the Minnesota Department of Revenue, St. Paul, MN, June 18 2009.
Presentation by Lynn A. Blewett to the Minnesota Health Care Reform Review Council at the Minnesota Department of Revenue, St. Paul, MN, June 18 2009.
The largest portion of the Medicaid undercount is caused by survey reporting error; that is, Medicaid recipients misreport their enrollment in health insurance coverage surveys. In this study, we sampled known Medicaid enrollees to learn how they respond to health insurance questions and to document correlates of accurate and inaccurate reports. We found that Medicaid enrollees are fairly accurate reporters of insurance status and type of coverage, but some do report being uninsured. Multivariate analyses point to the prominent role of program-related factors in the accuracy of reports. Our findings suggest that the Medicaid undercount should not undermine confidence in survey-based estimates of uninsurance.
Call, K.T., G. Davidson, M. Davern, E.R. Brown, J.E. Kincheloe, J.G. Nelson. 2008. "Accuracy of self-reported health insurance coverage among Medicaid enrollees." Inquiry 45(4): 438-56.
Presentation by Lynn Blewett to the Minnesota State Legislature at a joint meeting of the health care and human services finance and policy committees in Saint Paul, MN, February 10 2009.
Presentation by Michael Davern at the 2009 SHADAC State Survey Workshop in Washington, DC, January 13 2009.
Michael Davern's presentation titled, "The Medicaid Undercount and the Policy Relevance of Measurement Error in the Current Population Survey." Washington Statistical Society Seminar, Nov 13, 2008 in Washington DC.