The effect of Medicaid coverage on use of health services by low-income elderly people

This study examined the effect of Medicaid coverage on the use of health services among low-income elderly people in different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Using a national representative sample of 1,542 low-income elderly people from the first wave of the Asset and Health Dynamics among the O...

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Published in:Social work research 1998-03, Vol.22 (1), p.31-43
Main Authors: Lum, Yat-sang, Chang, Hong-jer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Doctor visits
Elderly people
Factors
gender
Health Insurance
Health services
Hispanics
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Longitudinal Studies
Low Income
Low income groups
Medicaid
Medicare
Men
National Surveys
Older adults
Older people
race
Social research
Use
White people
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Summary:This study examined the effect of Medicaid coverage on the use of health services among low-income elderly people in different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Using a national representative sample of 1,542 low-income elderly people from the first wave of the Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old study, we estimated a two-part model for health services use. The results showed that Medicaid coverage was positively associated with the use of health services for low-income elderly people and that the association varied by race, ethnicity, and gender. The study concluded that the Medicaid program did not work equally well for low-income elderly people from different racial, ethnic, and gender groups.
ISSN:1070-5309
1545-6838
DOI:10.1093/swr/22.1.31