State variation in underinsurance among children with special health care needs in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 673-680

  Kogan, Michael D ^a   Newacheck, Paul W ^b   Blumberg, Stephen J ^c   Heyman, Kathleen M ^c   Strickland, Bonnie B ^a   Singh, Gopal K ^a   Zeni, Mary Beth ^d  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Geographic disparity; National estimates; State level estimates; Underinsurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950589860     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1055     Document Type: Article

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