Results from the 2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance
Results from the 2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance Survey January 2010 The Bureau of Economic Research, Office of the Governor in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) contracted with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, to conduct the 2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance Survey. The telephone survey was conducted to assess current rates and types of health insurance coverage among adults and children in the US Virgin Islands. The 2009 survey was comparable to a survey undertaken in 2003, allowing for some comparisons in rates over time. The most recent data were collected between October and December 2009 by the Eastern Caribbean Center, University of the Virgin Islands. A total of 2,178 and 2,073 interviews were completed in 2009 and 2003, respectively. (See survey methodology section for more information.) As presented in Exhibit 1, approximately 28.7 percent of people in the US Virgin Islands, or about 33,000 people, were without health insurance in 2009. …
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