Was person covered by Medicaid at any time between January and December [of previous calendar year]?
NOTE(S): This variable also includes 1999 survey instrument items Q950_8 (Stateplan) and Q950_9 (Another government program). The 1999 survey instrument item Q950_9 is not capturing the same data as in the 1998 instrument (definition is not the same as OTYP_5E8). The 1999 instrument question is a measurement of Medicaid. For consistency in the longitudinal file, MCAID combines these three categories (Q950_4, Q950_8, and Q950_9). MON – Number of months covered by Medicaid [in previous calendar year] (values are 1-12) NOTE(S): This variable counts months of coverage for either Medicaid or (Stateplan) or “another government program” (since all three are capturing Medicaid coverage). Since the three were combined in the MCAID variable, starting with the 1999 Instrument, it does not make sense to record occurrences (and sums) of each variable separately. OTYP_5 – Was person covered by other (state plan) health plan at any time during [previous calendar year]? NOTE(S): Based on inputs from 1
