A comparison of the socioeconomic and health status characteristics of uninsured, State Children's Health Insurance Program-eligible children in the United States with those of other groups of insured children: Implications for policy

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 14-21

  Byck, Gayle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health insurance; Medicaid; State Children's Health Insurance Program

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033946271     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.1.14     Document Type: Article

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