Longitudinal patterns of health insurance coverage among a national sample of children in the child welfare system

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-484

  Raghavan, Ramesh ^a,f   Aarons, Gregory A ^b,c   Roesch, Scott C ^d   Leslie, Laurel K ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SEXUAL ABUSE; TECHNIQUE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449107194     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117408     Document Type: Article

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