Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions
| dc.contributor.author | Welle, Derek John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-04T11:33:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-04T11:33:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-04T07:30:23Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Using a nationally representative sample of individuals across all fifty United States from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), this research explores differences in the incidence and predictors of health insurance status across region (i.e. West, Midwest, South, and Northeast) for individuals age 18 and older. The data suggests that: 1) Individuals from the Northeast are the most likely to have some form of health insurance, while individuals from the South are the least likely; 2) The factors which influence health insurance status are relatively similar across all regions, though they often differ substantially in magnitude; 3) In some cases region can play a significant role in determining the type of insurance an individual has (i.e. Public versus Private). Policy makers will find these results useful to target specific factors within regions that may prove to increase the number of insured individuals. Furthermore, researchers may choose to use this paper as a current reference and starting point for further in-depth analysis on targeted factors within specific regions. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Welle, D. J. (2018). <i>Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29229 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Welle, Derek John. <i>"Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29229 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Welle, D. 2018. Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Welle, Derek John AB - Using a nationally representative sample of individuals across all fifty United States from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), this research explores differences in the incidence and predictors of health insurance status across region (i.e. West, Midwest, South, and Northeast) for individuals age 18 and older. The data suggests that: 1) Individuals from the Northeast are the most likely to have some form of health insurance, while individuals from the South are the least likely; 2) The factors which influence health insurance status are relatively similar across all regions, though they often differ substantially in magnitude; 3) In some cases region can play a significant role in determining the type of insurance an individual has (i.e. Public versus Private). Policy makers will find these results useful to target specific factors within regions that may prove to increase the number of insured individuals. Furthermore, researchers may choose to use this paper as a current reference and starting point for further in-depth analysis on targeted factors within specific regions. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions TI - Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29229 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29229 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Welle DJ. Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29229 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Economics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Economics | |
| dc.title | Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MCom |