Description
For all persons eligible for the Access to Care section (ACCESSELIG), UNMTNDMC indicates whether, in the past 12 months, they were unable obtain medical care, tests, or treatments they or a doctor believed necessary.
UNMTNDMC 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 ACCESSELIG for more information on 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.
Related Variables
The Access to Care section collects information about reasons the respondent was unable to obtain or had to delay necessary medical care. In addition to UNMTNDMC, the following information is collected:
- UNMTNDMCY: Reason unable to get needed medical care
- UNMTNDMCPB: How big of a problem was it to have to forgo needed medical care
- DELAYMC: Had to delay getting needed medical care
- DELAYMCY: Reason had to delay getting needed medical care
- DELAYMCPB: How big of a problem was it to have to delay needed medical care
- UNMTNDDT: Unable to get needed dental care
- UNMTNDDTY: Reason unable to get needed dental care
- UNMTNDDTPB: How big of a problem was it to have to forgo needed dental care
- DELAYDT: Delayed getting dental care, past 12 months
- DELAYDTY: Reason had to delay getting needed dental care
- DELAYDTPB: How big of a problem was it to have to delay needed dental care
- UNMTNDRX: Unable to get needed prescription medication
- UNMTNDRXY: Reason unable to get needed prescription medication
- UNMTNDRXPB: How big of a problem was it to have to forgo needed prescription medication
- DELAYRX: Had to delay getting needed prescription medication
- DELAYRXY: Reason had to delay getting needed prescription medication
- DELAYRXPB: How big of a problem was it to have to delay needed prescription medication
- DELAYCOST: Medical care delayed due to cost, past 12 months
- YBARCARE: Needed but couldn't afford medical care, past 12 months
- DELAYDTCST: Needed but couldn't afford dental care, past 12 months
- YBARDENTAL: Needed but couldn't afford dental care, past 12 months
- DELAYRXCST: Needed but couldn't afford prescription medicines, past 12 months
- YBARMEDS: Needed but couldn't afford prescription medicines, past 12 months
Codes and Frequencies
Universe
- 2002-2017: All persons eligible for the Access to Care section (ACCESSELIG).
Availability
- 2002-2017
Weights
- 2002-2017 : PERWEIGHT
