Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage

Authors

Erika C. Ziller PhD, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research CenterFollow
Andrew F. Coburn PhD, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research CenterFollow
Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
Stephanie L. Loux MS, University of Southern Maine, Maine Rural Health Research Center

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

6-1-2007

Keywords

access/Insurance, MRHRC, rural, uninsured, policy

Abstract

This study used the 2001/2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to examine the patterns of insurance coverage within rural families and to assess differences in family-level insurance status for rural and urban families (including comparisons between rural families living adjacent to and not adjacent to an urban area). Among partially uninsured families, we examined rural-urban differences in the sources of family coverage for insured family members (Medicare, Medicaid/ SCHIP, private, or a combination).

Funding Organization

Supported by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Grant Number

CA#U1CRH03716

Recommended Citation

Ziller, E. C., Coburn, A. F., Anderson, N. J., & Loux, S. L. (2008). Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage.(Policy Brief No. 34). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research Center.