Healthcare Utilization After a Children’s Health Insurance Program Expansion in Oregon

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 946-954

  Bailey, Steffani R ^a   Marino, Miguel ^a   Hoopes, Megan ^b   Heintzman, John ^a   Gold, Rachel ^b,c   Angier, Heather ^a   O’Malley, Jean P ^a   DeVoe, Jennifer E ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCHIN Inc   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; CHIP; Electronic health records; Health insurance; Medicaid; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; OREGON; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; OREGON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84961214592     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-1971-7     Document Type: Article

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