Unworried parents of well children: A look at uninsured children who reportedly do not need health insurance

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 345-351

  Blumberg, Stephen J ^a   O'Connor, Kathleen S ^a   Kenney, Genevieve ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance coverage gaps; Health service utilization; Parental attitudes; Parental beliefs

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; PARENT; PATIENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644616278     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2085     Document Type: Article

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