Wisconsin's BadgerCare plus reform: Impact on low-income families' enrollment and retention in public coverage

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 2, 2011, Pages 336-347

  Leininger, Lindsey Jeanne ^a   Friedsam, Donna ^b   Dague, Laura ^c   Mok, Shannon ^c   Hynes, Emma ^b   Bergum, Alison ^b   Aksamitauskas, Milda ^d   Oliver, Thomas ^b   Deleire, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

health care reform; health insurance; Medicaid expansions

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARKETING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 78650973563     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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