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  Publication Details

Title:
   Women in the Health Care System: Health Status, Insurance, and Access to Care
Product type:
   Research Findings 17
MEPS component:
   Household Component
Publication date (print version):
   November 2001
Web posting date:
   February 5, 2002
Description:
   This report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) focuses on adult noninstitutionalized women in the United States in 1996. In terms of health status, the report shows perceived health, mental health, and the presence of a number of different limitations. Health insurance status is examined in terms of whether women are publicly insured, privately insured, or uninsured, and whether insured women are policyholders or dependents. Data on women's usual source of health care, use of ambulatory care services, and use of selected preventive services are used to examine access to care. The report does not compare women's health to men's health but instead looks at the health status of women by various demographic and health characteristics that may be associated with disparities in access to care or other disadvantages in the health care system, including a measure that combines marital status, presence of children in the household, and age of children. The estimates shown come from the Household Component of AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Pub #:
   AHRQ Pub. No. 02-0004
Author(s):
   Altman BM, Taylor AK
Agency:
   Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
MEPS Topics:
   Access to Health Care, Doctor Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Emergency Room Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Employment Status, Health Care Disparities, Health Status, Medical Providers Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Office-Based Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Other Medical Equipment and Expenditures, Outpatient Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures , Preventive Care, Usual Source of Care, Women's Health
PDF link:
   data_files/publications/rf17/rf17.pdf (513 KB)
HTML link:
   data_files/publications/rf17/rf17.shtml
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