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Health Insurance Estimates

Health Insurance Estimates. Annette Watters Alabama State Data Center November 2011 Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. Health Insurance Estimates from the Census Bureau’s Surveys. SIPP – national data only CPS - State level data only ACS – Comes in 3 flavors:

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Health Insurance Estimates

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  1. Health Insurance Estimates Annette Watters Alabama State Data Center November 2011 Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

  2. Health Insurance Estimates from the Census Bureau’s Surveys • SIPP – national data only • CPS - State level data only • ACS – Comes in 3 flavors: • 1-year estimates • 3-year estimates • 5-year estimates • Don’t mix and match.

  3. ACS Health Insurance Estimates • Go to American Fact Finder http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml • Look for Table B27001

  4. Advantages of the ACS Estimates • Available on AFF2 • Timely – health insurance tables come out every year. • Tables for different age groups and for males and females, sometimes for different races • Gives an estimate for small geographies • You can get ACS health insurance estimates for places

  5. Disadvantages of the ACS Estimates • The ACS reportsonly what people fill out on their survey forms. • The estimates are limited by how many surveys the Census Bureau has collected. • (Sometimes ACS numbers are no d--- good.) • For small areas the ACS estimates cover a 3-year or a 5-year average time period, instead of just one year at a time.

  6. Disadvantages of the ACS Estimates • You have to combine males and females to get a total. • You have to combine age groups. • You have to be concerned about recalculating the margins of error every time you combine anything.

  7. CPS Health Insurance Tables http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/index.html Disadvantage: State level data only

  8. CPS Health Insurance Advantages • Updated every year • Several age groups • Only source of information about type of coverage: • Private insurance • Medicaid • Medicare • Military • Can compare all states equally

  9. Model-Based Health Insurance Estimates from the Census Bureau SAHIE = Small Area Health Insurance Estimates Estimates of health insurance coverage at the county level for every county in the United States, updated every year. http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/index.html

  10. SAHIE estimates are not based on a survey They are based on a model. Inputs from several sources: • The population estimates program at the Census Bureau • Federal tax returns • County Business Patterns • Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) • The Supplemental Nutrition Program (formerly food stamps) • The American Community Survey (SAHIE uses data from the ACS from all counties, even those where the sample size is so small that the data cannot be published in ACS tables.)

  11. Advantages and Disadvantages of the SAHIE Estimates • The SAHIE estimates are more reliable because they use more data sources. • SAHIE gives comparable estimates for every county. • But there is a time lag. (2008 and 2009 became available in 2011.) • Because of methodological changes, the 2008 and 2009 estimates are not comparable to 2007 and previous estimates.

  12. New Feature on the SAHIE page! Maps can be created! for any SAHIE demographic and income combination in the 2008 and 2009 estimates. http://www.census.gov/did/www/sahie/data/maps/index.html?reload Or click on the icon on the main SAHIE page.

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