A discrete choice decomposition analysis of racial and ethnic differences in children's health insurance coverage

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1109-1128

  Pylypchuk, Yuriy ^a   Selden, Thomas M ^b  

^a SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Decomposition; Health insurance; Minorities

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649196577     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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