A tale of two counties: Expanding health insurance coverage for children in California

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-554

  Howell, Embry M ^a   Hughes, Dana ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

California; Child health insurance; Immigrant health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 33747867469     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2006.00457.x     Document Type: Review

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