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- Title
Health insurance coverage and mortality among the near-elderly.
- Authors
McWilliams, J Michael; Zaslavsky, Alan M; Meara, Ellen; Ayanian, John Z
- Abstract
Uninsured near-elderly people may be particularly at risk for adverse health outcomes. We compared mortality of a nationally representative cohort of insured and uninsured near-elderly people with stratification by race; income; and the presence of diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease, using propensity-score methods to adjust for numerous characteristics. Lacking health insurance was associated with substantially higher adjusted mortality among adults who were white; had low incomes; or had diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease. Expanding coverage to the near-elderly uninsured may greatly improve health outcomes for these groups.
- Publication
Health affairs (Project Hope), 2004, Vol 23, Issue 4, p223
- ISSN
0278-2715
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1377/hlthaff.23.4.223