When Insurance Status Is Not Static: Insurance Transitions of Low-Income Children and Implications for Health and Health Care

When Insurance Status Is Not Static: Insurance Transitions of Low-Income Children and Implications for Health and Health Care

Objectives.— Among low-income children, to characterize the frequency of transitions in health insurance coverage and examine associations of transitions with health status and health care access. Methods.— Data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families were used in weighted analyses...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2004-05, Vol.4 (3), p.237-243
Hauptverfasser: Aiken, Kimberly D., Freed, Gary L., Davis, Matthew M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Child
Delivery of Health Care - economics
Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
health care utilization
health insurance
health status
Humans
Insurance Coverage - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data
low income
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Poverty
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives.— Among low-income children, to characterize the frequency of transitions in health insurance coverage and examine associations of transitions with health status and health care access. Methods.— Data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families were used in weighted analyses to identify sociodemographic characteristics associated with health insurance transitions for children living in households with income
ISSN:1530-1567
1539-4409
DOI:10.1367/A03-103R.1