Covered today, sick tomorrow? Trends and correlates of children's health insurance instability

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-536

  Hill, Heather D ^a   Shaefer, H Luke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

children; health insurance transitions; insurance gaps; uninsured

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; TREND STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052744176     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558711398877     Document Type: Article

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