Description
For all persons eligible for the Access to Care section (ACCESSELIG) who were delayed in getting necessary medical care (DELAYMC), DELAYMCY reports the main reason why individuals had to delay getting needed medical care, tests, or treatments.
DELAYMCY is collected as part of the Access to Care section, which gathers information on usual source of care for all family members, characteristics of usual source of care health providers, and barriers family members have faced in obtaining needed health care. Please see UNMTNDMC for all variables pertaining to reasons the respondent was unable to obtain or had to delay necessary medical care and ACCESSELIG for more information about the Access to Care section.
IPUMS MEPS reports the universe for each variable based on a thorough review of the original MEPS documentation. Investigating the data may reveal cases that do not meet the stated universe. Users are encouraged to validate universes for their analyses.
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
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16
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15
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14
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13
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12
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11
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10
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09
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08
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07
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06
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05
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04
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03
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02
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| 00 | NIU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 01 | Could not afford care | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 02 | Insurance company wouldn't approve/cover/pay for care | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 03 | Doctor refused to accept family's insurance plan | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 04 | Problems getting to doctor's office | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 05 | Different language | · | X | X | X | X | X | · | X | X | · | · | X | · | · | X | X |
| 06 | Couldn't get time off work | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 07 | Didn't know where to go to get care | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 08 | Was refused services | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 09 | Couldn't get child care | · | · | X | X | X | · | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 10 | Didn't have time or took too long | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 11 | Other | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 97 | Unknown - refused | · | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | · |
| 98 | Unknown - not ascertained | · | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | X | X | X | · | X | · | · | · |
| 99 | Unknown - don't know | X | X | X | X | X | X | · | · | X | · | X | X | · | X | · | X |
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Universe
- 2002-2017: All persons eligible for the Access to Care section (ACCESSELIG) who were delayed in getting necessary medical care (DELAYMC).
Availability
- 2002-2017
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Weights
- 2002-2017 : PERWEIGHT