Medicare, Medicaid and the health status of individuals in Washington State, USA

<p>"This paper investigated the effect of having Medicare and Medicaid coverage upon the health status of individuals in Washington, United States. A representative data set of more than 3,000 individuals from the state of Washington was utilized to address this relationship. The findings showed that the type of insurance coverage plays an important role in explaining the health status of individuals in the Washington. The results suggested that having Medicare and Medicaid coverage are positively associated with higher health status for individuals in Washington. Those individuals with Medicare and Medicaid coverage tend to be having better health status than those uninsured individuals and those with private or public insurance coverage"--Document.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Nguyen, Ngoc (Lisa)

• Health status indicators--Washington (State)
• Medicare--Washington (State)--Statistics
• Medicaid--Washington (State)--Statistics
• Health insurance--Washington (State)
• Business Administration, Management, and Operations

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Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/143

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.ewu.edu:theses-1142