Effect of expanding medicaid for parents on children's health insurance coverage: Lessons from the Oregon experiment randomized trial

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  DeVoe, Jennifer E ^a,b   Marino, Miguel ^a   Angier, Heather ^a   O'Malley, Jean P ^c   Crawford, Courtney ^a   Nelson, Christine ^b   Tillotson, Carrie J ^c   Bailey, Steffani R ^a   Gallia, Charles ^d   Gold, Rachel ^b,e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHIN Inc   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; UNITED STATES; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; OREGON; PARENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925022357     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3145     Document Type: Article

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