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Changes in children's health insurance status, 1996-2005 : estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 18 /

This Statistical Brief presents updated evidence on trends in children's coverage for 1996 to 2005 by race/ethnicity status, showing that continued growth in public coverage has been a major factor in improving rates of health insurance coverage for children. These changes have been particular...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vistnes, Jessica P.
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors: Rhoades, Jeffrey A., 1955-
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2006]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #141.
Subjects:
State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
Medical care > United States.
Insurance, Health > United States > Statistics.
Medically Uninsured > ethnology > United States > Statistics.
Child.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102491
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Summary:This Statistical Brief presents updated evidence on trends in children's coverage for 1996 to 2005 by race/ethnicity status, showing that continued growth in public coverage has been a major factor in improving rates of health insurance coverage for children. These changes have been particularly dramatic for minority children.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 18, 2008).
"September 2006."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:5 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/18/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st141/stat141.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.