An examination of enrollment of children in public health insurance in New York City through facilitated enrollment

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-205

  Fairbrother, Gerry ^a,b   Stuber, Jennifer ^a   Dutton, Melinda ^c   Scheinmann, Roberta ^a   Cooper, Rachel ^c  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Medicaid; State children's health insurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042623792     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth107     Document Type: Article

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