TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Medicaid Coverage on Use of Health Services by Low Income Elderly People JF - Social Work Research Y1 - 1998 A1 - Lum, Y.S. A1 - Huan J. Chang KW - Demographics KW - Healthcare KW - Medicare/Medicaid/Health Insurance AB - This study examined the effect of Medicaid coverage on the use of health services among low-income elderly people in different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Using a national representative sample of 1,542 low-income elderly people from the first wave of the Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old study, we estimated a two-part model for health services use. The results showed that Medicaid coverage was positively associated with the use of health services for low-income elderly people and that the association varied by race, ethnicity, and gender. The study concluded that the Medicaid program did not work equally well for low-income elderly people from different racial, ethnic, and gender groups. PB - Vol. 22 VL - Vol. 22 U4 - Low Income Groups/Medicaid/Health Services ER -