Change in health insurance coverage in Massachusetts and Other New England states by perceived health status: Potential impact of health reform

S.S. Dhingra, M.M. Zack, T.W. Strine, B.G. Druss and E. Simoes

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 6, e107-e114

Abstract: Objectives. We examined the impact of Massachusetts health reform and its public health component (enacted in 2006) on change in health insurance coverage by perceived health. Methods. We used 2003-2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. We used a difference-in-differences framework to examine the experience in Massachusetts to predict the outcomes of national health care reform. Results. The proportion of adults aged 18 to 64 years with health insurance coverage increased more in Massachusetts than in other New England states (4.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.5%, 5.6%). For those with higher perceived health care need (more recent mentally and physically unhealthy days and activity limitation days [ALDs]), the postreform proportion significantly exceeded prereform (P

Keywords: adolescent; adult; article; behavioral risk factor surveillance system; female; health care policy; health insurance; health status; human; insurance; legal aspect; male; mental health; middle aged; socioeconomics; statistics; United States, Adolescent; Adult; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Female; Health Status; Humans; Insurance Coverage; Insurance, Health; Male; Massachusetts; Mental Health; Middle Aged; New England; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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