RT Research Data
T1 Survey of Health Services Utilization and Expenditures, 1970
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1984
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902798805
AB This national survey was conducted to compare health services utilization and expenditures in 1970 with results of similar studies done in 1953, 1958, and 1964. In the survey, respondents from 3,763 families plus additional older individuals -- a total of 11,619 persons -- were interviewed in 1971. One or more persons in each family provided information regarding use of health services, the cost of such services, and how these costs were met for the calendar year 1970. Information was also collected on perceptions of illness and health, attitudes and opinions about medical care in the United States, and health beliefs. An attempt was made to verify all hospital admissions, physician visits, and insurance reports and claims. These verifications had two purposes: first, to determine if the reported care was, in fact, provided during the survey year, and second, to elicit more precise information than the families were likely to give on diagnoses, costs, kinds of treatment, and sources of payment for services. Verification data were obtained for over 90 percent of the hospital admissions and for two-thirds of the physician visits. Demographic data were also collected, including age, sex, race, education, occupation, income, and place of residence.
K1 Medicaid
K1 Medicare
K1 aging population
K1 demographic characteristics
K1 health attitudes
K1 health behavior
K1 health care costs
K1 health care services
K1 health expenditures
K1 Health Insurance
K1 health policy
K1 Hospitalization
K1 insurance claims
K1 insurance coverage
K1 Medical care
K1 medical evaluation
K1 Mental Health Services
K1 Older Adults
K1 Payments
K1 Public Opinion
K1 rural population
K1 Satisfaction
K1 Socioeconomic status
K1 Treatment
K1 underclass
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR07740.v1