Changes in access, utilization, and quality of care after enrollment into a State Child Health Insurance Plan

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 364-371

  Kempe, Allison ^a,b   Beaty, Brenda L ^c   Crane, Lori A ^c   Stokstad, Johan ^d   Barrow, Jennifer ^d   Belman, Shira ^a,b   Steiner, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Child Health Advocates   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health insurance; Quality of health care; SCHIP

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INSURANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844367868     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0475     Document Type: Article

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