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Activity Number:
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239
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #309126 |
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Title:
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Analysis of Medicaid Enrollment Status in the Current Population Survey
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Author(s):
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Ming-Yi K. Mah*+ and Dean M. Resnick
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC, 20233,
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Keywords:
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Medicaid ; Undercount ; Currrent Population Survey
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Abstract:
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Medicaid recipient estimates from surveys are lower than administrative data counts of enrollment. It is believed that Current Population Survey (CPS) non-respondents have a higher percentage of Medicaid enrollees than the respondents of the survey, and thus would account for a portion of the underestimate. This paper compares the CPS 2002 response rates for people enrolled and not enrolled in Medicaid. Medicaid data were matched with the CPS respondent and non-respondent data to compare the rates of Medicaid enrollment. The results show that the CPS non-respondents do not have a higher percentage of Medicaid enrollees than the respondents, and that some demographic groups are in fact more likely to respond to the CPS if they are receiving Medicaid benefits.
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