Transitions from private to public health coverage among children: Estimating effects on out-of-pocket medical costs and health insurance premium costs

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 840-858

  Luke Shaefer, H ^a   Grogan, Colleen M ^b   Pollack, Harold A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

crowd out; health insurance; Medicaid; medical expenses; State Children's Health Insurance Program; Survey of Income and Program Participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955639126     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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