Continuous-eligibility policies stabilize medicaid coverage for children and could be extended to adults with similar results

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1576-1582

  Ku, Leighton ^a   Steinmetz, Erika ^a   Bruen, Brian K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM;

CHILDREN'S HEALTH; MEDICAID;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885354221     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0362     Document Type: Article

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