Excluding Medicare and Medicaid, was person covered by CHAMPUS, CHAMPVA, VA, military health, or Indian Health Services?
NOTE(S): The edit for OTHE9 is significantly changed from previous year (OTHE8), and only captures military types of coverage and Indian Health Services (CHAMP AND OTYP_4). Imputation flags for this variable are carried over from the imputations done on the corresponding coverage variables. HI – Was adult household member a policyholder of a group health plan? NOTE(S): There are new questions in the 1999 instrument that ask up front whether the respondent is the policy holder or dependent of the plan they recorded being covered by in Q950. This variable is created from the new questions (Q951A and Q951C). Previously in the 1998 instrument employer-provided and union provided were asked in the same question. The 1999 instrument separates them. To retain comparability over time, responses to Q951A and Q951C are combined in HI. Minimal changes to edit were made to accommodate for this change. DEPHI – Was person a dependent on a household group health plan? NOTE(S): This is the companion v
