Medicaid Enrollment, Average Monthly Enrollment as a Percentage of the Population by County, All Persons, New Mexico,

Why Is This Important?

Medicaid provides health coverage for those New Mexicans living below a certain percentage of the federal poverty level, and provides coverage for almost half of New Mexico's children. People with health coverage are more likely to receive preventive medical care and are consequently less likely to suffer from preventable illnesses and complications of those illnesses.

Definition

The monthly percentage of the population enrolled in Medicaid, averaged over the months in the measurement period. Enrollment varies from one month to the next. The average monthly enrollment was used to compute these percentages.

Data Notes

Data Sources

• U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), as reported on the [https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment Kaiser Family Foundation website].
  (https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment)
• New Mexico Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program.
  (http://gps.unm.edu/)
• 
  (https://webapp.hsd.state.nm.us/MERReport/RunReport.aspx)

How the Measure is Calculated

Data Issues

• Kaiser Family Foundation CMS data

  Enrollment varies from one month to the next. The average monthly enrollment was used to compute these percentages.

• New Mexico Population Estimates

  All population estimates apply to July 1 of the selected year. These estimates are considered the most accurate estimates for the state of New Mexico and should match those found on the University of New Mexico Geospatial and Population Studies website. Estimates include decimal fractions. Census tract population estimates were summed to produce County and Small Area population estimates. Population estimate totals may vary due to rounding. Population estimates for previous years are occasionally revised as new information becomes available. When publishing trend data, always be sure that your rates for earlier years match current rates on NM-IBIS that have been calculated with the most up-to-date population estimates.

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