Description

For all persons, OPBMM is a set of constructed monthly health insurance variables indicating whether they have other public hospital/physician non-managed care in a given calendar month. By adding OPBMM to your data cart, you are in effect adding 12 monthly health insurance coverage variables (OPBJA-OPBDE), one variable for each calendar month.

The OPBMM variables are provided only to assist in editing and should not be used to make separate insurance estimates for these types of insurance categories. Questions about other public hospital/physician coverage were asked in an attempt to identify Medicaid or SCHIP recipients who may not have recognized their coverage as such. These questions were asked only if a respondent did not report Medicaid or SCHIP directly. Respondents reporting other hospital/physician coverage were asked follow-up questions to determine if the coverage was through a specific Medicaid HMO or if it included some other managed care characteristics. Respondents who identified managed care from either path were asked if the recipient paid anything for the coverage and/or if a government source paid for the coverage.

Monthly Health Insurance Coverage Variables 

Codes

This is a 1-digit numeric variable.

Comparability

These variables are completely comparable over time.

Universe

Availability

• 1996-2017

Weights

• 1996-2017 : PERWEIGHT

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