The impact of CHIP on children's insurance coverage: an analysis using the National Survey of America's Families.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) on the distribution of health insurance coverage for low-income children.

Data source

The primary data for the study were from the 1997, 1999, and 2002 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), which includes a total sample of 62,497 children across all 3 years, supplemented with data from other data sources.

Study design

The study uses quasi-experimental designs and tests the sensitivity of the results to using instrumental variable and difference-in-difference approaches. A detailed Medicaid and CHIP eligibility model was developed for this study. Balanced repeated replicate weights were used to account for the complex sample of the NSAF. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were c

SUBMITTER: Dubay L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2796313 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature