The effect of renewal policy changes on SCHIP disenrollment

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2086-2105

  Herndon, Jill Boylston ^a   Vogel, W Bruce ^a,b   Bucciarelli, Richard L ^c   Shenkman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disenrollment; Public health insurance; Renewal policies; Retention; SCHIP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949132394     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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