The future of health insurance for children with special health care needs

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Newacheck, Paul W ^a,c   Houtrow, Amy J ^a   Romm, Diane L ^b   Kuhlthau, Karen A ^b   Bloom, Sheila R ^b   Van Cleave, Jeanne M ^b   Perrin, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Expenditures; Insurance; Quality of care; Special health care needs; Utilization

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66049146492     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2921     Document Type: Review

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