An Analysis of Healthcare Needs Through Census Data
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 137B
Start Date
17-5-2012
End Date
17-5-2012
Abstract
Healthcare in the United States has become an increasing concern for Americans during the past few years. Many Americans are without coverage and with the passage of the recent healthcare reform law we will be seeing some major changes in the years to come. These changes will have a broad impact our society and future generations. Using data from the American Community Survey and the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, we look at several aspects of a population sample in their regard to healthcare coverage in the US. More specifically we analyze possible relationships between healthcare coverage and certain characteristics including employment status, marital status, race, disability and income. The primary purpose of this report is to observe whether or not the presence of healthcare coverage can be reliably modeled using publicly-available US census and health data.
Recommended Citation
Dyer, Graham, "An Analysis of Healthcare Needs Through Census Data" (2012). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 72.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2012/oralpresentations/72
Additional Mentoring Department
Mathematics
An Analysis of Healthcare Needs Through Census Data
SURC 137B
Healthcare in the United States has become an increasing concern for Americans during the past few years. Many Americans are without coverage and with the passage of the recent healthcare reform law we will be seeing some major changes in the years to come. These changes will have a broad impact our society and future generations. Using data from the American Community Survey and the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, we look at several aspects of a population sample in their regard to healthcare coverage in the US. More specifically we analyze possible relationships between healthcare coverage and certain characteristics including employment status, marital status, race, disability and income. The primary purpose of this report is to observe whether or not the presence of healthcare coverage can be reliably modeled using publicly-available US census and health data.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dominic Klyve