@article {6935, title = {Health insurance coverage and mortality among the near-elderly.}, journal = {Health Aff (Millwood)}, volume = {23}, year = {2004}, month = {2004 Jul-Aug}, pages = {223-33}, publisher = {23}, abstract = {

Uninsured near-elderly people may be particularly at risk for adverse health outcomes. We compared mortality of a nationally representative cohort of insured and uninsured near-elderly people with stratification by race; income; and the presence of diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease, using propensity-score methods to adjust for numerous characteristics. Lacking health insurance was associated with substantially higher adjusted mortality among adults who were white; had low incomes; or had diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease. Expanding coverage to the near-elderly uninsured may greatly improve health outcomes for these groups.

}, keywords = {Cohort Studies, Female, health policy, Humans, Insurance Coverage, Insurance, Health, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Medically Uninsured, Middle Aged, Mortality, United States}, issn = {0278-2715}, doi = {10.1377/hlthaff.23.4.223}, author = {J. Michael McWilliams and Alan M. Zaslavsky and Meara, Ellen and John Z. Ayanian} }