Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
23
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22
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21
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20
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19
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18
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17
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16
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15
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0 | NIU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
1 | Private | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
2 | Medicaid and other public | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
3 | Other coverage | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
4 | Uninsured | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
5 | Don't know | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Description
For sample adults under the age of 65 and sample children, COVERTYPE reports the persons' health insurance coverage type recoded into a hierarchy. Prior to 2019, COVERTYPE was asked of all persons under the age of 65. COVERTYPE was introduced in 2015 by NCHS to make it easier for the NHIS user to match estimates of health insurance coverage produced by the Division of Health Interview Statistics in annually released products. COVERTYPE includes four mutually exclusive categories and persons with more than one type of health insurance coverage were assigned to the first appropriate category in the following hierarchy:
- Private, including persons who had any comprehensive private insurance plan (including health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, and exchange-based coverage),
- Medicaid and other public, including persons who did not have private coverage, but who have Medicaid or other state-sponsored health plans including CHIP.
- Other coverage, including persons who did not have private insurance, Medicaid, or other public coverage, but who have any type of military coverage or Medicare. This category also included persons who are covered by other government programs.
- Uninsured, including persons who did not indicate that they were covered at the time of the interview under private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, a state-sponsored health plan, other government programs, or military coverage. This category also includes persons who are covered by Indian Health Service only or who have a plan that pays for one type of service such as accidents or dental care.
- COVERTYPE65: health insurance type of persons aged 65+
- COVERTYPE65O: original health insurance type 65+
Comparability
The NHIS questionnaire was substantially redesigned in 2019 to introduce a different data collection structure and new content. For more information on changes in terminology, universes, and data collection methods beginning in 2019, please see the user note.
Universe
- 2015-2018: All persons under age 65.
- 2019-2023: Sample adults 18+ and sample childlen 0-17 under age 65.
Availability
- 2015-2023
Survey Text
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
Variable: HIKIND_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
What kinds of health insurance or health care coverage do you have? Is it...Private health
insurance, Medicare, Medicare supplement, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP,
military related health care including TRICARE, CHAMPUS, VA health care and CHAMP-VA, Indian
Health Service, a state-sponsored health plan, or an other government program?
* Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
02 - Medicare
03 - Medigap
04 - Medicaid
05 - Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
06 - Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMPVA
07 - Indian Health Service
08 - State-sponsored health plan
09 - Other government program
10 - No coverage of any type
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] ge 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A]=2) and 2 NOT IN HIKIND_A [goto MCAREPRB_A]
elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] lt 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A].AGE65 IN (1,RF,DK,empty)) and HIKIND_A IN (10,RF,DK) [goto
MCAIDPRB_A]
else [goto SINCOVDE_A]
Check Description: Selecting no coverage and other categories hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR1_HIKIND_A}
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type. Please correct.
Variable: HIKIND_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
What kinds of health insurance or health care coverage do you have? Is it...Private health insurance, Medicare, Medicare supplement, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP,
military related health care including TRICARE, CHAMPUS, VA health care and CHAMP-VA, Indian Health Service, a state-sponsored health plan, or an other government program?
Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
02 - Medicare
03 - Medigap
04 - Medicaid
05 - Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
06 - Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMPVA
07 - Indian Health Service
08 - State-sponsored health plan
09 - Other government program
10 - No coverage of any type
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] ge 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A]=2) and 2 NOT IN HIKIND_A [goto MCAREPRB_A]
elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] lt 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A].AGE65 IN (1,RF,DK,empty)) and HIKIND_A IN (10,RF,DK) [goto
MCAIDPRB_A]
else [goto SINCOVDE_A]
Check Description: Selecting no coverage and other categories hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR1_HIKIND_A}
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type. Please correct.
Variable: MCAREPRB_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
Are you covered by Medicare?
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
Variable: MCAIDPRB_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
There is a program called Medicaid that pays for health care for persons in need. ^STATEMA Are you covered by Medicaid?
Instruction:
if STMEDICAID ne empty, fill: "In ^STATENAME it is also called ^STMEDICAID."
else fill: blank
Instruction:
If ST=AL, fill: Alabama else if ST=AK, fill: Alaska
else if ST=AR, fill: Arkansas
else if ST=AZ, fill: Arizona
else if ST=CA, fill: California
else if ST=CO, fill: Colorado
else if ST=CT, fill: Connecticut
else if ST=DE, fill: Delaware
else if ST=DC, fill: District of Columbia
else if ST=FL, fill: Florida
else if ST=GA, fill: Georgia
else if ST=HI, fill: Hawaii
else if ST=ID, fill: Idaho
else if ST=IL, fill: Illinois
else if ST=IN, fill: Indiana
else if ST=IA, fill: Iowa
else if ST=KS, fill: Kansas
else if ST=KY, fill: Kentucky
else if ST=LA, fill: Louisiana
else if ST=ME, fill: Maine
else if ST=MD, fill: Maryland
else if ST=MA, fill: Massachusetts
else if ST=MI, fill: Michigan
else if ST=MN, fill: Minnesota
else if ST=MS, fill: Mississippi
else if ST=MO, fill: Missouri
else if ST=MT, fill: Montana
else if ST=NE, fill: Nebraska
else if ST=NV, fill: Nevada
else if ST=NH, fill: New Hampshire
else if ST=NJ, fill: New Jersey
else if ST=NM, fill: New Mexico
else if ST=NY, fill: New York
else if ST=NC, fill: North Carolina
else if ST=ND, fill: North Dakota
else if ST=OH, fill: Ohio
else if ST=OK, fill: Oklahoma
else if ST=OR, fill: Oregon
else if ST=PA, fill: Pennsylvania
else if ST=RI, fill: Rhode Island
else if ST=SC, fill: South Carolina
else if ST=SD, fill: South Dakota
else if ST=TN, fill: Tennessee
else if ST=TX, fill: Texas
else if ST=UT, fill: Utah
else if ST=VT, fill: Vermont
else if ST=VA, fill: Virginia
else if ST=WA, fill: Washington
else if ST=WV, fill: West Virginia
else if ST=WI, fill: Wisconsin
else if ST=WY, fill: Wyoming
Instruction:
If AL then fill "Patient 1st; Alabama Coordinated Health Network"
If AK then fill "DenaliCare"
If AZ then fill "Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
System (AHCCCS)"
If AR then fill "ARKids First; Arkansas Works; PASSE"
If CA then fill "Medi-Cal"
If CO then fill "Health First Colorado"
If CT then fill "HUSKY Health"
If DC then fill "DC Medicaid"
If DE then fill "Diamond State Health Plan (DSHP)"
If FL then fill "FL Medicaid"
If GA then fill "GA Medicaid; Georgia Families"
If HI then fill "Med-QUEST"
If ID then fill "Idaho Medicaid Health Plan"
If IL then fill "Medical Assistance"
If IN then fill "Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP); Hoosier
Healthwise"
If IA then fill "IA Health Link; Iowa Health and Wellness
Plan"
If KS then fill "KanCare; Kansas Medical Assistance
Program (KMAP); OneCare Kansas"
If KY then fill "Kentucky Medicaid"
If LA then fill "Healthy Louisiana"
If ME then fill "MaineCare"
If MD then fill "HealthChoice"
If MA then fill "MassHealth"
If MI then fill "Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP)"
If MN then fill "Medical Assistance (MA)"
If MS then fill "MississippiCAN"
If MO then fill "MO Healthnet"
If MT then fill "Passport to Health; Healthy Montana Kids
Plus (HMK Plus)"
If NC then fill "NC Medicaid"
If ND then fill "North Dakota Medicaid"
If NE then fill "Heritage Health"
If NH then fill " Granite Advantage Health Care Program"
If NJ then fill "NJ Family Care"
If NM then fill "Centennial Care"
If OH then fill "Ohio Medicaid State Plan; Healthy
Families; Healthy Start; Alternative Benefit Plan"
If OK then fill "SoonerCare"
If OR then fill "Oregon Health Plan (OHP)"
If PA then fill "Medical Assistance; HealthChoices"
If RI then fill "RIte Care;
If SC then fill "Healthy Connections"
If SD then fill "South Dakota Medicaid"
If TN then fill "TennCare"
If TX then fill "State of Texas Access Reform (STAR)"
If UT then fill "Utah Medicaid"
If VT then fill "Green Mountain Care"
If VA then fill "Medallion 4.0"
If WA then fill "Apple Health"
If WV then fill "Mountain Health Trust (MHT)"
If WI then fill "ForwardHealth; BadgerCare Plus"
If WY then fill "WYhealth"
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
Variable: VAHOSP_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
Read if necessary: Veteran's Health Administration facilities include VA hospitals, VA medical centers, VA outpatient clinics, and VA nursing homes.
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
2,RF,DK if 1 IN Adult.INS.MILSPC_A [goto next section]
else [goto VACAREEV]
Variable: VACAREEV_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
Variable: HIKIND_C
Interview Module: Child
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
What kinds of health insurance or health care coverage does ^SCNAME have? Is it...Private health insurance, Medicare, Medicare supplement, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP, military related health care including TRICARE, CHAMPUS, VA health care and CHAMP-VA, Indian Health Service, state-sponsored health plan, or an other government program?
Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
Instruction:
Fill ALIAS of HHSTAT_C=1
02 - Medicare
03 - Medigap
04 - Medicaid
05 - Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
06 - Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMPVA
07 - Indian Health Service
08 - State-sponsored health plan
09 - Other government program
10 - No coverage of any type
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
else if HIKIND_C=RF,DK or (10 in HIKIND_C) [goto MCAIDPRB_C]
else [goto SINCOVDE_C]
Check Description: Selecting no coverage and other categories hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR1_HIKIND_C}
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type. Please correct.
Variable: MCAIDPRB_C
Interview Module: Child
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
There is a program called Medicaid that pays for health care for persons in need. ^STATEMA Is ^SCNAME covered by Medicaid?
Instruction:
if STMEDICAID ne empty, fill: "In ^STATENAME it is also called ^STMEDICAID."
else fill: blank
Instruction:
If ST=AL, fill: Alabama else if ST=AK, fill: Alaska
else if ST=AR, fill: Arkansas
else if ST=AZ, fill: Arizona
else if ST=CA, fill: California
else if ST=CO, fill: Colorado
else if ST=CT, fill: Connecticut
else if ST=DE, fill: Delaware
else if ST=DC, fill: District of Columbia
else if ST=FL, fill: Florida
else if ST=GA, fill: Georgia
else if ST=HI, fill: Hawaii
else if ST=ID, fill: Idaho
else if ST=IL, fill: Illinois
else if ST=IN, fill: Indiana
else if ST=IA, fill: Iowa
else if ST=KS, fill: Kansas
else if ST=KY, fill: Kentucky
else if ST=LA, fill: Louisiana
else if ST=ME, fill: Maine
else if ST=MD, fill: Maryland
else if ST=MA, fill: Massachusetts
else if ST=MI, fill: Michigan
else if ST=MN, fill: Minnesota
else if ST=MS, fill: Mississippi
else if ST=MO, fill: Missouri
else if ST=MT, fill: Montana
else if ST=NE, fill: Nebraska
else if ST=NV, fill: Nevada
else if ST=NH, fill: New Hampshire
else if ST=NJ, fill: New Jersey
else if ST=NM, fill: New Mexico
else if ST=NY, fill: New York
else if ST=NC, fill: North Carolina
else if ST=ND, fill: North Dakota
else if ST=OH, fill: Ohio
else if ST=OK, fill: Oklahoma
else if ST=OR, fill: Oregon
else if ST=PA, fill: Pennsylvania
else if ST=RI, fill: Rhode Island
else if ST=SC, fill: South Carolina
else if ST=SD, fill: South Dakota
else if ST=TN, fill: Tennessee
else if ST=TX, fill: Texas
else if ST=UT, fill: Utah
else if ST=VT, fill: Vermont
else if ST=VA, fill: Virginia
else if ST=WA, fill: Washington
else if ST=WV, fill: West Virginia
else if ST=WI, fill: Wisconsin
else if ST=WY, fill: Wyoming
Instruction:
If AL then fill "Patient 1st; Alabama Coordinated Health Network"
If AK then fill "DenaliCare"
If AZ then fill "Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
System (AHCCCS)"
If AR then fill "ARKids First; Arkansas Works; PASSE"
If CA then fill "Medi-Cal"
If CO then fill "Health First Colorado"
If CT then fill "HUSKY Health"
If DC then fill "DC Medicaid"
If DE then fill "Diamond State Health Plan (DSHP)"
If FL then fill "FL Medicaid"
If GA then fill "GA Medicaid; Georgia Families"
If HI then fill "Med-QUEST"
If ID then fill "Idaho Medicaid Health Plan"
If IL then fill "Medical Assistance"
If IN then fill "Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP); Hoosier
Healthwise"
If IA then fill "IA Health Link; Iowa Health and Wellness
Plan"
If KS then fill "KanCare; Kansas Medical Assistance
Program (KMAP); OneCare Kansas"
If KY then fill "Kentucky Medicaid"
If LA then fill "Healthy Louisiana"
If ME then fill "MaineCare"
If MD then fill "HealthChoice"
If MA then fill "MassHealth"
If MI then fill "Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP)"
If MN then fill "Medical Assistance (MA)"
If MS then fill "MississippiCAN"
If MO then fill "MO Healthnet"
If MT then fill "Passport to Health; Healthy Montana Kids
Plus (HMK Plus)"
If NC then fill "NC Medicaid"
If ND then fill "North Dakota Medicaid"
If NE then fill "Heritage Health"
If NH then fill " Granite Advantage Health Care Program"
If NJ then fill "NJ Family Care"
If NM then fill "Centennial Care"
If OH then fill "Ohio Medicaid State Plan; Healthy
Families; Healthy Start; Alternative Benefit Plan"
If OK then fill "SoonerCare"
If OR then fill "Oregon Health Plan (OHP)"
If PA then fill "Medical Assistance; HealthChoices"
If RI then fill "RIte Care;
If SC then fill "Healthy Connections"
If SD then fill "South Dakota Medicaid"
If TN then fill "TennCare"
If TX then fill "State of Texas Access Reform (STAR)"
If UT then fill "Utah Medicaid"
If VT then fill "Green Mountain Care"
If VA then fill "Medallion 4.0"
If WA then fill "Apple Health"
If WV then fill "Mountain Health Trust (MHT)"
If WI then fill "ForwardHealth; BadgerCare Plus"
If WY then fill "WYhealth"
Instruction:
Fill ALIAS of HHSTAT_C=1
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
Variable: HIKIND_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
What kinds of health insurance or health care coverage do you have? Is it...Private health
insurance, Medicare, Medicare supplement, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP,
military related health care including TRICARE, CHAMPUS, VA health care and CHAMP-VA, Indian
Health Service, a state-sponsored health plan, or an other government program?
* Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
02 - Medicare
03 - Medigap
04 - Medicaid
05 - Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
06 - Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMPVA
07 - Indian Health Service
08 - State-sponsored health plan
09 - Other government program
10 - No coverage of any type
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] ge 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A]=2) and 2 NOT IN HIKIND_A [goto MCAREPRB_A]
elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] lt 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A].AGE65 IN (1,RF,DK,empty)) and HIKIND_A IN (10,RF,DK) [goto
MCAIDPRB_A]
else [goto SINCOVDE_A]
Check Description: Selecting no coverage and other categories hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR1_HIKIND_A}
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type. Please correct.
Variable: HIKIND_C
Interview Module: Child
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
What kinds of health insurance or health care coverage does ^SCNAME have? Is it...Private health
insurance, Medicare, Medicare supplement, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP,
military related health care including TRICARE, CHAMPUS, VA health care and CHAMP-VA, Indian
Health Service, state-sponsored health plan, or an other government program?
* Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
Instruction:
Fill ALIAS of HHSTAT_C=1
02 - Medicare
03 - Medigap
04 - Medicaid
05 - Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
06 - Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMPVA
07 - Indian Health Service
08 - State-sponsored health plan
09 - Other government program
10 - No coverage of any type
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
else if HIKIND_C=RF,DK or (10 in HIKIND_C) [goto MCAIDPRB_C]
else [goto SINCOVDE_C]
Check Description: Selecting no coverage and other categories hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR1_HIKIND_C}
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type. Please correct.
Variable: HIKIND_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question Text:
?[F1]
Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
2 Medicare
3 Medigap
4 Medicaid
5 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
6 Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMP- VA
7 Indian Health Service
8 State-sponsored health plan
9 Other government program
10 No coverage of any type
97 Refused
99 Do not Know
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A]=2) and 2 NOT IN HIKIND_A [goto MCAREPRB_A] elseif (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] lt 65 or (GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] IN (RF,DK) and
Roster.HHC.tblAGE.blkPerson[PX_A].AGE65 IN (1,RF,DK,empty)) and HIKIND_A IN (10,RF,DK) [goto MCAIDPRB_A]
else [goto SINCOVDE_A]
ERR1_HIKIND_A
Check Text: check ERR1_HIKIND_A
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type.
Please correct.
Variable: HIKIND_C
Interview Module: Child
Content Type: Annual Core
Question Text:
?[F1]
Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
^SCNAME
Instruction: Fill ALIAS of HHSTAT_C=1
02 Medicare
03 Medigap
04 Medicaid
05 Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
06 Military related health care: TRICARE (CHAMPUS) / VA health care / CHAMP- VA
07 Indian Health Service
08 State-sponsored health plan
09 Other government program
10 No coverage of any type
97 Refused
99 Do not Know
else [goto SINCOVDE_C]
Check Description: Selecting no coverage and other categories hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR1_HIKIND_C}
Cannot mark "no coverage of any kind" and another type. Please correct.
Questionnaire File Name: Family
Question Text:
What kind of health insurance or health care coverage [fill: do you/does ALIAS] have? INCLUDE those that pay for only one type of service (nursing home care, accidents, or dental care). EXCLUDE private plans that only provide extra cash while hospitalized.
* Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
02 Medicare
03 Medi-Gap
04 Medicaid
05 SCHIP (CHIP/Children's Health Insurance Program)
06 Military health care (TRICARE/VA/CHAMP-VA)
07 Indian Health Service
08 State-sponsored health plan
09 Other government program
10 Single service plan (e.g., dental, vision, prescriptions)
11 No coverage of any type
97 Refused
99 Don't know
Skip Instructions:
(1-10) [if AGE ge 65 and HIKIND ne 2, goto MCAREPRB; else, if HIKIND ne 10 goto SINCOV; else, goto
HICHANGE]
(11) [if HIKIND = 1-10, goto ERR_HIKIND; else, if AGE ge 65 goto MCAREPRB; else, goto MCAIDPRB]
Hard Edit: ERR_HIKIND:
* Cannot mark "No coverage of any kind" and another type.
* Please correct.
Weights
- 2015-2018 : PERWEIGHT
- 2019-2023 : SAMPWEIGHT