Missing eligibility data

SAS Name
MSNG_ELG_DATA

CODE INDICATING A PERSON FOR WHOM NO MONTHS OF ENROLLMENT IN MEDICAID WERE FOUND.

Comments

USER NOTES: MONTHS OF MEDICAID ENROLLMENT ARE DEFINED AS MONTHS WITH MSIS MASBOE VALUES 11-17, 21-25, 31-35, 3A, 41-45, 48 OR 51-55. CHILDREN WITH S-CHIP ONLY ENROLLMENT (CHIP CODE = 3) ARE INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY MONTHS OF MEDICAID ENROLLMENT.

NOTE: IN MAX 2005, THIS VARIABLE WAS ADDED TO THE FILE.

SOURCE: RECODED USING MSIS ELIGIBILITY AND CLAIMS FILES.

Code Code value
BLANK MEDICAID ENROLLMENT MONTHS WERE FOUND
1 NEITHER MEDICAID ENROLLMENT MONTHS NOR S-CHIP (CHIP CODE = 3) ENROLLMENT MONTHS WERE FOUND.
2 S-CHIP ENROLLMENT MONTHS (CHIP CODE = 3) WERE FOUND, BUT NO MEDICAID ENROLLMENT MONTHS WERE FOUND.