Uninsured but eligible children: are their parents insured? Recent findings from Oregon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite expansions in public health insurance programs, millions of US children lack coverage. Nearly two-thirds of Oregon's uninsured children seem to be eligible for public insurance.

Objectives

We sought to identify uninsured but eligible children and to examine how parental coverage affects children's insurance status.

Methods

We collected primary data from families enrolled in Oregon's food stamp program, which has similar eligibility requirements to public health insurance in Oregon. In this cross-sectional, multivariable analysis, results from 2861 surveys were weighted back to a population of 84,087 with nonresponse adjustment. Key predictor variables were parental insurance status and type of insurance; the outcome variable was children's insurance

SUBMITTER: DeVoe JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4926761 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature