Table 4.

Relationships of Insurance Patterns with Health Care Usage, Status and Outcomes

	Lack of Access	Any Preventive Care	# of Preventive Care	Smoking	Physical Activity	Perceived Poor Health	Perceived Poor Mental Health	Overweight or Obese
Single Gap	0.17***	−0.00	− 0.09***	0.04***	0.02*	−0.01***	− 0.01***	− 0.00
	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.03)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.00)	(0.01)
Transition Into	0.23***	−0.02***	−0.40***	0.05***	0.02***	−0.01*	−0.01***	− 0.02**
	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.00)	(0.01)
Transition Out	0.22***	−0.03***	− 0.39***	0.06***	0.02*	−0.03***	− 0.02***	− 0.01
	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.03)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.00)	(0.01)
Temporary Coverage	0.31***	−0.04***	− 0.55***	0.08***	− 0.01	− 0.03***	− 0.03***	−0.02
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.06)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Repeatedly Uninsured	0.27***	−0.02***	−0.31***	0.09***	0.02	−0.02***	−0.02***	0.03**
	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.04)	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Always Uninsured	0.36***	−0.11***	−1.32***	0.07***	0.02***	−0.03***	−0.03***	− 0.04***
	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.03)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.00)	(0.00)	(0.01)
# of obs.	123,324	123,148	123,331	91,064	94,703	123,331	123,331	94,181
R2	0.20	0.07	0.64	0.14	0.06	0.13	0.07	0.12
	Kessler Index	Physical Comp. Summary	Mental Comp. Summary	BMI	Total Health Expenditure	# of Office Visits	# of Dental Visits	# of Prescriptions
Single Gap	0.02	1.02***	−0.18	−0.23*	−0.13	−2.32***	− 0.32	−2.27*
	(0.08)	(0.16)	(0.19)	(0.13)	(1.16)	(0.71)	(0.33)	(1.30)
Transition Into	0.06	0.47***	−0.21	−0.49***	−0.68	−2.16***	− 0.84***	− 2.34**
	(0.06)	(0.12)	(0.14)	(0.10)	(0.62)	(0.57)	(0.17)	(1.03)
Transition Out	−0.11	1.21***	−0.05	− 0.38***	−1.60***	−1.95***	−0.67***	−1.62**
	(0.07)	(0.14)	(0.16)	(0.12)	(0.41)	(0.53)	(0.20)	(0.74)
Temporary Coverage	0.10	1.21***	−0.38	−0.32	−1.11*	−2.92***	− 1.04***	−3.70***
	(0.14)	(0.25)	(0.30)	(0.20)	(0.61)	(0.57)	(0.22)	(0.79)
Repeatedly Uninsured	0.30**	1.22***	−0.51	0.20	−2.31***	−2.00***	− 0.94***	−3.74***
	(0.13)	(0.28)	(0.31)	(0.21)	(0.86)	(0.74)	(0.31)	(0.86)
Always Uninsured	−0.19***	1.41***	0.14	−0.87***	−1.91***	−1.83*	−1.11***	−3.29***
	(0.06)	(0.11)	(0.11)	(0.09)	(0.42)	(1.08)	(0.16)	(0.57)
# of obs.	90,820	91,230	91,232	137,660	3706	3706	3706	3706
R2	0.13	0.25	0.10	0.11	0.22	0.19	0.10	0.26

*p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01

Standard errors are reported in parentheses. MEPS’s longitudinal sample weights are applied in each regression

All models included respondents’ socioeconomic characteristics, demographics, general health status, priority conditions, panel indicators, and geographic indicators. Please refer to “independent variables” section for a full list of the variables

For conciseness, these coefficients are not reported here. Full results are available from the authors on request