The Effects of Health Insurance and a Usual Source of Care on a Child's Receipt of Health Care

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  DeVoe, Jennifer E ^a   Tillotson, Carrie J ^b   Wallace, Lorraine S ^c   Lesko, Sarah E ^d   Angier, Heather ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d Center for Researching Health Outcomes   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child health; Health care disparities; Health care reform; Health insurance; Health policy; Usual source of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PARENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865403890     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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