Two responses to a premium hike in A program for uninsured kids: 4 in 5 families stay in as enrollment shrinks by A fifth

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Cousineau, Michael R ^a   Tsai, Kai Ya ^a   Kahn, Howard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Care Health Plan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOS ANGELES; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY;

EID: 84858592097     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0734     Document Type: Article

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