Statistical Note #1 Changes in Out-of-Pocket Expenses by Insurance Category (1999 to 2006)

5 Pages Posted: 14 Dec 2009

Date Written: December 10, 2009

Abstract

This note uses data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) for 1999 and 2006 to examine trend growth in household out-of-pocket health expenditures. Tabulations are presented for three different categories of insurance coverage - households where the household head has full-year coverage, households where the household head has part-year coverage, and households where the household head has no coverage. Tabulations are presented for the general working-age U.S. civilian non-institutional population and for the sub-population of households with at least one member with an overnight hospital stay. The results reveal an increase in the number of households with large out-of-pocket expenses, which is especially pronounced for households with at least one member with an overnight hospital stay.

Suggested Citation

Bernstein, David P., Statistical Note #1 Changes in Out-of-Pocket Expenses by Insurance Category (1999 to 2006) (December 10, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1521729 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1521729

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