Health Care Costs Price-adjusted Medicare Reimbursements - T005_002 - Limited Access to Doctor Due to Costs - Health Data 2012 (SE) - Survey Health Data 2012 Release

Data Dictionary:

Health Data 2012 Release

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Survey: Health Data 2012 Release

Data Source:

Social Explorer; County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

Data set: Health Data 2012 (SE)

Table:

T5. Limited Access to Doctor Due to Costs [2]

Universe:

Variable Details

T5.

Limited Access to Doctor Due to Costs

Universe:

T005_002Health Care Costs Price-adjusted Medicare Reimbursements

Percent base:

None - percentages not computed

Aggregation method:

None -- No totals are displayed for this variable when multiple geographies are aggregated.

Formula used to compute this variable:

#ReturnType oretval = new #ReturnType(); oretval = ORG:HD2012_011_HEALTH_T9_V5; return oretval;

Variables used in the formula:
ORG:HD2012_011_HEALTH_T9_V5	Health Care Costs - Costs

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; Health Data 2012: Technical Documentation
	Health Data: Technical Documentation -> Subject Definitions -> T5: Limited Access to Doctor Due to Costs

T5: Limited Access to Doctor Due to Costs

Persons With Limited Access to Doctor Due to Costs

This measure represents the percent of persons who failed to obtain needed medical care in the past 12 months because of cost.

Health Care Costs Price-adjusted Medicare Reimbursements

This measure represents the price-adjusted Medicare reimbursements per enrollee and considered as an important measure of the efficiency of a health care system.