Codes and Frequencies
Description
For all persons with at least four private health insurance plans, HIP4TYPE reports the type of insurance the fourth plan is. Response categories include Health Maintenance Organization/Individual Practice Association (HMO/IPA), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Point-of-Service (POS), fee-for-service/indemnity, or some other kind of plan. Please see Codes tab for years when certain plan types were added as response categories.
Universe
- 1997: Persons who provided an answer for HITYPE4 (persons with at least 4 health insurance plans obtained from an employer or workplace or purchased directly, or have Medi-gap)
- 1998-2003: Persons who provided an answer for HITYPE4 (persons with at least 4 health insurance plans obtained from an employer or workplace, purchased directly, through a State or local government or community program, or have Medi-gap)
Availability
- 1997-2003
Weights
- 1997-2003 : PERWEIGHT
