Children's health insurance and access to care during and after the CHIP expansion period

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 576-589

  Choi, Miji ^a   Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   McWilliams, J Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child; Health care disparities; Medicaid; Medically uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051624051     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0041     Document Type: Article

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