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In Person: Access to and Utilization of Health Care

KACUTIL  Access to and Utilization of Health Care Module           

OVERVIEW

Although primarily composed of replicated questions from the 2005 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.
    _____________________________________________________________________

    KACUSTAT-KACUREL:       Module-Level Status Variables
    
    KSU00RE-KSUSCREC:	    Indicators for Whether Participant Has a
    			    Usual Medical Facility They Go to for
    			    Health Care
    
    KSU10RE:	    	    Type of Medical Facility Participant 
    			    Usually Goes to for Health Care
    
    KSU27REA-KSU27REB:	    How Long Participant Has Been Going to 
    			    Their Usual Medical Facility for Health
    			    Care
    
    KSU51REC-KSU52RE:	    Indicators for How Frequently Participant
    			    Sees the Same Provider for Health Care at 
    			    Their Usual Medical Facility
    
    KSU35RE:		    Type of Provider Participant Usually Sees
    			    for Health Care at Their Usual Medical 
    			    Facility
    			    
    KSU53REA-KSU53REB:	    Professional Classification and Medical 
    			    Specialty of Participant's Usual Provider 
    			    of Health Care
    
    KSU56REA-KSU56REB:	    How Long Participant Has Been Seeing Their 
    			    Usual Provider for Health Care
    
    KSU58RE-KSU60RE:	    Indicators for Whether Participant Has 
    			    Seen or Needed to See Health Professionals 
    			    in the Past 12 Months

kacustat: Was the Access to and Utilization of Health Care Module completed by Participant alone, with help, or by proxy?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_acuproxy1, y_acuhelp0, capiproxy, y_proxy, y_ivwloc

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
1 R COMPLETED ALONE 1359 1623 2982
2 R COMPLETED ALONE WITH SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM 100 74 174
3 R RECEIVED A LITTLE HELP 128 38 166
4 R RECEIVED A LOT OF HELP 30 13 43
5 HELPER RESPONDED TO ALL ITEMS 2 4 6
6 MODULE PROXY 0 3 3
7 WHOLE INTERVIEW DONE BY PROXY 7 12 19
Note: For many cases a participant's spouse or other family member was present during the interview. This sometimes resulted in the participant relying on the other person for help in answering some or many of the questions. At the end of each module the interviewer indicated the amount of help the participant received and who provided that help. That assessment is covered by codes 1 through 5. Additionally, a code of 7 indicates that the entire interview was administered to a proxy while a code of 6 indicates that this particular module was answered by a proxy but other modules were answered by the participant.

kacurel: Relationship of Access to and Utilization of Health Care Module helper or proxy to Participant.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: kacustat, y_acuproxy1, y_acuhelp0, y_acuhelp1, y_acuhelp2_hfn, y_acuhelp3, y_h1fn-y_h4fn, y_pfn, prxyfnam, y_p1fn-y_p5fn, y_prel, prxyrel, y_p1rel-y_p5rel

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 3 4
-2 1459 1697 3156
0 SPOUSE 154 44 198
2 BROTHER 0 2 2
8 DAUGHTER 2 10 12
10 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 0 1 1
25 FRIEND 1 0 1
26 GRANDDAUGHTER 0 1 1
30 GRANDSON 1 0 1
41 ROMANTIC PARTNER 4 2 6
43 SISTER 0 2 2
45 SISTER-IN-LAW 0 2 2
48 SON 4 2 6
54 OTHER 0 1 1
Note: If this module was administered via proxy or if the participant received help answering the questions in this module then we record the relationship of the proxy/helper to the participant. Although most participants relied on only one helper or proxy for the interview, some had more than one. Thus the value of the relationship code may vary across the modules.

ksu00re: Is there a doctor's office or other medical facility that Participant usually goes to when they are sick or need advice about their health?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_s1900

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
1 YES 1553 1711 3264
2 NO, THERE IS NO USUAL PLACE 67 42 109
3 THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PLACE (VOLUNTEERED) 4 10 14
4 YES, NEVER WENT THERE 2 3 5
Note: Participants were informed that an "other medical facility" might include a hospital outpatient clinic, health center, or emergency room. If the participant indicated they were not currently sick, the interviewer was instructed to ask, "If you were sick, is there a place you would usually go to?"

ksuscrec: Summary of whether Participant has at least one usual doctor's office or other medical facility they can go to when sick or in need of advice about their health.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu00re

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
0 NO, DOES NOT HAVE USUAL MEDICAL FACILITY 67 42 109
1 YES, AT LEAST ONE USUAL MEDICAL FACILITY 1559 1724 3283
Note: This variable was constructed solely on the basis of KSU00RE. Participants assigned values of 1, 3, or 4 on KSU00RE have been coded as "1" on this variable, signifying "yes, at least one usual medical facility"; this includes participants who indicated they have multiple usual places they can go to receive care or health advice, as well as those who reported having a usual place they have not yet gone to. Participants assigned a value of 2 on KSU00RE have been coded as "0" on this variable, signifying "no, does not have usual medical facility".

ksu10re: Type of medical facility Participant goes to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu00re, y_s1910

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 69 46 115
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 4 5
1 PRIVATE OFFICE 382 473 855
2 CLINIC 1002 1167 2169
3 HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CLINIC 122 59 181
4 EMERGENCY ROOM 1 1 2
5 SOME OTHER PLACE 49 16 65
Note: This variable's categories differ from those applied to its predecessor from the 2005 collection wave (see CSU10RE). Category "1" from the 2005 wave - "office or clinic (or health center)" - was split into two separate categories for the 2011 wave: private office (1) and clinic (2). Categories "2" (hospital emergency room) and "3" (some other place) from the 2005 wave now comprise categories "4" and "5" respectively. Finally, an entirely new category was added, "hospital outpatient clinic" (3).

ksu27rea: Numeric component for how long Participant has been going to their usual medical facility for health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu00re, y_s1925, y_s1927_1

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 10 12 22
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
-2 69 46 115
-1 DON'T KNOW 6 9 15
1 - 5 342 372 714
6 - 10 366 364 730
11 - 20 375 420 795
21 - 40 339 366 705
41 - 82 118 178 296
Note: Here, "usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE). For the units of time corresponding to this variable, see KSU27REB. Together, KSU27REA and KSU27REB parallel CSU27REC from the 2005 collection wave.
Note: Due to a CAPI instrument error, participants who refused to provide the name of their usual medical facility were not asked how long they have been going there for health care; such cases have been assigned values of "-4" on this variable, signifying "not ascertained".

ksu27reb: Units corresponding to numeric component for how long Participant has been going to their usual medical facility for health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu27rea, y_s1927_2

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-2 86 67 153
1 DAYS 0 3 3
2 WEEKS 1 2 3
3 MONTHS 44 60 104
4 YEARS 1495 1635 3130
Note: Here, "usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE). For the numeric component corresponding to this variable, see KSU27REA. Together, KSU27REA and KSU27REB parallel CSU27REC from the 2005 collection wave.

ksu51rec: Does Participant usually see the same provider each time they go to their usual medical facility for health care?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu00re, y_s1931

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 69 46 115
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 4 5
1 YES 1442 1595 3037
2 NO 114 121 235
Note: Here, "usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE).

ksu52re: How often does Participant see the same provider when they go to their usual medical facility for health care?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu51rec, y_s1931fr

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 2 0 2
-2 184 172 356
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 3 3
1 ALWAYS 949 1074 2023
2 MOST OF THE TIME 430 491 921
3 SOMETIMES 47 24 71
4 RARELY 14 3 17
Note: "Usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE). This variable is only applicable to participants who reported usually seeing the same health care provider each time they go to their usual medical facility (see KSU51REC).

ksu35re: Type of provider Participant usually sees when they go to their usual medical facility for health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu52re, y_s1935, c_y_s1935

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-2 1610 1761 3371
1 DOCTOR 14 5 19
3 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT 0 1 1
6 NURSE PRACTITIONER (VOLUNTEERED) 1 0 1
7 IT VARIES, NO FURTHER SPECIFICATION (VOLUNTEERED) 1 0 1
Note: "Usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE). This variable is only applicable to participants who rarely or never see the same health care provider when visiting their usual medical facility, as well as those who indicated they did not know how often they see the same provider or refused to answer (see KSU52RE).

ksu53rea: Professional classification of Participant's usual provider of health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu52re, y_s1931p, c_y_s1931p

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 1 1 2
-2 200 178 378
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 2 3
1 DOCTOR 1346 1475 2821
3 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT 31 41 72
5 OTHER 1 0 1
6 NURSE PRACTITIONER 44 70 114
8 DOCTOR AND PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT (VOLUNTEERED) 1 0 1
13 INTERNING DOCTOR (VOLUNTEERED) 1 0 1
Note: This variable, while providing the same type of information as KSU35RE, is only applicable to participants who reported seeing the same health care provider (their "usual provider") always, most of the time, or at least sometimes when they go to their usual medical facility (see KSU52RE). "Usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE).

ksu53reb: Medical specialty of Participant's usual provider of health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu52re, y_s1940, c_y_s1940

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 0 2
-2 200 178 378
-1 DON'T KNOW 11 7 18
1 GENERAL OR FAMILY PRACTICE 968 978 1946
2 INTERNAL MEDICINE 362 492 854
3 OB/GYN 1 26 27
4 SURGERY 1 1 2
5 CHIROPRACTOR 0 6 6
6 OTHER 6 0 6
7 DERMATOLOGY 2 2 4
10 GASTROENTEROLOGY 2 3 5
12 OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY / OSTEOPATHY 3 5 8
13 NEUROLOGY 4 4 8
18 OPTHALMOLOGY 1 1 2
20 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY / ORTHOPEDICS 1 3 4
29 PULMONARY DISEASE / RESPIRATORY DISEASE SPECIALIST 1 1 2
34 UROLOGY 4 0 4
37 PEDIATRIC MEDICINE 1 0 1
38 GERIATRIC MEDICINE 10 12 22
39 NEPHROLOGY 3 4 7
41 OPTOMETRY 2 3 5
46 ENDOCRINOLOGY / DIABETES 8 7 15
66 RHEUMATOLOGY 3 6 9
78 CARDIOLOGY 19 12 31
82 HEMATOLOGY 1 0 1
83 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 0 1 1
84 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 0 1 1
90 MEDICAL ONCOLOGY 8 12 20
95 NO ONE DOCTOR / MULTIPLE OR DIFFERENT DOCTORS EVERY TIME 0 1 1
96 SPORTS MEDICINE 0 1 1
98 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE / ACUPUNCTURE 2 0 2
Note: In 2005, participants were only asked about medical specialty if they reported usually seeing a doctor when visiting their usual medical facility; for the 2011 wave, however, all participants who reported seeing the same health care provider (their "usual provider") always, most of the time, or at least sometimes when going to their usual medical facility were asked about specialty regardless of their usual provider's professional classification (see KSU52RE and KSU53REA). Thus, while this variable parallels CSU40RE and CSUTPREC from the 2005 collection wave, it should not be interpreted as directly comparable. "Usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE).

ksu56rea: Numeric component for how long Participant has been seeing their usual provider for health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu52re, y_s1956_1

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-2 200 178 378
-1 DON'T KNOW 3 7 10
0 NEVER SEEN THEM 2 4 6
1 - 3 314 327 641
4 - 6 275 331 606
7 - 10 335 357 692
11 - 20 323 386 709
21 - 55 174 177 351
Note: This variable is only applicable to participants who reported seeing the same health care provider (their "usual provider") always, most of the time, or at least sometimes when they go to their usual medical facility (see KSU52RE). "Usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE). For the units of time corresponding to this variable, see KSU56REB. Together, KSU56REA and KSU56REB parallel CSU56REC from the 2005 collection wave.

ksu56reb: Units corresponding to numeric component for how long Participant has been seeing their usual provider for health care.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: ksu56rea, y_s1956_2

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-2 205 189 394
1 DAYS 2 5 7
2 WEEKS 5 6 11
3 MONTHS 65 93 158
4 YEARS 1349 1474 2823
Note: This variable is only applicable to participants who reported seeing the same health care provider (their "usual provider") always, most of the time, or at least sometimes when they go to their usual medical facility (see KSU52RE). "Usual medical facility" means whichever one the participant reported going to most often when sick or in need of advice about their health (see KSU10RE). For the numeric component corresponding to this variable, see KSU56REA. Together, KSU56REA and KSU56REB parallel CSU56REC from the 2005 collection wave.

ksu58re: Has Participant seen a doctor or health professional in an office, clinic, or health center in the past 12 months?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_s1957

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
1 YES 1492 1650 3142
2 NO 134 116 250
Note: Participants were instructed not to include visits to mental health professionals (see KSU59RE).

ksu59re: Has Participant seen or talked to a mental health professional in the past 12 months?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_1958s

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 1 2 3
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 102 115 217
2 NO 1522 1650 3172
Note: Participants were informed that mental health professionals include, but are not limited to, the following: psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, and clinical social workers.

ksu60re: Has Participant needed but not gotten mental health treatment or counseling in the past 12 months?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_1959s

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2736 2510 5246
-30 NOT PART OF MOSAQ 72 63 135
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 3 1 4
-3 REFUSED 1 1 2
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 YES 9 13 22
2 NO 1616 1752 3368

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