Crowd-out in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Incidence, enrollee characteristics and experiences, and potential impact on New York's SCHIP

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P2, 2008, Pages 419-434

  Shone, Laura P ^a,b   Lantz, Paula M ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^d   Chernew, Michael E ^e   Szilagyi, Peter G ^b  

^a Mobile Health Unit   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health insurance; Crowd out; SCHIP; State children's health insurance program; Substitution; Uninsured children; Waiting periods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEW YORK; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149133658     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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