Electronic health record tools to assist with children's insurance coverage: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with health insurance have increased access to healthcare and receive higher quality care. However, despite recent initiatives expanding children's coverage, many remain uninsured. New technologies present opportunities for helping clinics provide enrollment support for patients. We developed and tested electronic health record (EHR)-based tools to help clinics provide children's insurance assistance.

Methods

We used mixed methods to understand tool adoption, and to assess impact of tool use on insurance coverage, healthcare utilization, and receipt of recommended care. We conducted intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses comparing pediatric patients in 4 intervention clinics (n = 15,024) to those at 4 matched control clinics (n = 12,227). We conducted effect-of-t

SUBMITTER: DeVoe JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5946500 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature