Does public insurance provide better financial protection against rising health care costs for families of children with special health care needs?

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1064-1070

  Yu, Hao ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Financial burden; Health care costs; Insurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; INSURANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY HEALTH; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53449102513     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318185cdf2     Document Type: Article

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