Experiences of families that applied for government-sponsored child health insurance: Report of a follow-up study in New York City

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-350

  Boslaugh, Sarah ^a   Fairbrother, Gerry ^a   Dutton, Melinda ^b   Hyson, Daniel M ^c   Lobach, Katherine S ^d  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Children's Defense Fund New York ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to enrollment; Child Health Plus; Health insurance; Medicaid; Uninsured children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEW YORK CITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032878690     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345672     Document Type: Article

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