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In a 2006 analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Survey, adults 51-61 years of age "who were uninsured at baseline had a 35 percent higher mortality rate (adjusted for risk factors) than those with private insurance from 1992 to 2002. When the outcomes were analyzed over 2-year intervals, individuals who were uninsured at the start of each interval were 43 percent more likely to have a major decline in their overall health." (p. 277)
Baker, D. W., Sudano, J. J., Durazo-Arvizu, R., Feinglass, J., Witt, W. P., & Thompson, J. (2006). Health insurance coverage and the risk of decline in overall health and death among the near elderly, 1992-2002. Medical Care, 44(3), 277-282
This report presents an analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a prospective study of a national sample of community-dwelling adults 51 to 61 years old from 1992 to 2002. The researchers analyzed the relationship between insurance coverage and health outcomes by examining each one at 2-year intervals between HRS interviews over the 10-year study period.
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