Description

For persons covered by Medicaid (HIMCAIDE), MCAIDREF reports whether the person is required to obtain approval or a referral from a primary doctor to go to a different doctor or seek special care. Interviewers instructed respondents to not include emergency care.

MCAIDREF reflects responses to a question on what type of insurance the person had which have been edited based on plan names by the NCHS. The frequencies reported in MCAIDREF reflect individuals correctly assigned to Medicaid coverage, based on the plan name. See the variable description for MCAIDR for more details.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1997-2014

Weights

• 1997-2014 : PERWEIGHT