Access for low-income children: Is health insurance enough?

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 1167-1174

  Rosenbach, Margo L ^a   Irvin, Carol ^a   Coulam, Robert F ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Low income children; Managed care; Medicaid; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BUDGETS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OFFICE VISITS; OHIO; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033000288     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.6.1167     Document Type: Article

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