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Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

In Person: Access to and Utilization of Health Care

JACUTIL  Access to and Utilization of Health Care Module           

OVERVIEW

Although primarily composed of replicated questions from the 2004 CATI
interview's "Access to Health Care and Insurance" section, the 2011 Access to
and Utilization of Health Care Module did not prompt participants to report on
the previously addressed topics of health insurance coverage, plan
characteristics, or associated costs; for such information, please see the
newly introduced "Health Insurance Coverage" section of the 2011 mail survey.
This module exclusively focuses on visits to medical and mental health
professionals within the last twelve months, as well as the participant's
history with their usual source and provider of health care (including details
such as provider type and medical specialty). Questions about why the
participant switched to their current source and provider of health care were
not carried forward for the 2011 wave. 

For information about the nature of our health care access and utilization data
at prior collection waves, please see Appendix P (CORs 845 and 971). No new
documentation specifically related to this module was added to the appendix for
the 2011 wave. 


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily 
    alphabetical.
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    HACUSTAT-HACUREL:       Module-Level Status Variables
    
    HSU00RE-HSUSCREC:	    Indicators for Whether Participant Has a
    			    Usual Medical Facility They Go to for
    			    Health Care
    
    HSU10RE:	    	    Type of Medical Facility Participant 
    			    Usually Goes to for Health Care
    
    HSU27REA-HSU27REB:	    How Long Participant Has Been Going to 
    			    Their Usual Medical Facility for Health
    			    Care
    
    HSU51REC-HSU52RE:	    Indicators for How Frequently Participant
    			    Sees the Same Provider for Health Care at 
    			    Their Usual Medical Facility
    
    HSU35RE:		    Type of Provider Participant Usually Sees
    			    for Health Care at Their Usual Medical 
    			    Facility
    			    
    HSU53REA-HSU53REB:	    Professional Classification and Medical 
    			    Specialty of Participant's Usual Provider 
    			    of Health Care
    
    HSU56REA-HSU56REB:	    How Long Participant Has Been Seeing Their 
    			    Usual Provider for Health Care
    
    HSU58RE-HSU60RE:	    Indicators for Whether Participant Has 
    			    Seen or Needed to See Health Professionals 
    			    in the Past 12 Months

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