Children's health insurance program premiums adversely affect enrollment, especially among lower-income children

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1353-1360

  Abdus, Salam ^a   Hudson, Julie ^b   Hill, Steven C ^b   Selden, Thomas M ^b  

^a SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPLOYER; FAMILY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PARENT; POVERTY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; INSURANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905988072     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0182     Document Type: Article

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