Comparing types of health insurance for children: A public option versus a private option

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 818-827

  Devoe, Jennifer E ^a   Tillotson, Carrie J ^a   Wallace, Lorraine S ^b   Selph, Shelley ^c   Graham, Alan ^a   Angier, Heather ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; child health; CHIP; health insurance; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052151188     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182159e4d     Document Type: Article

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