Document Type
Policy Brief
Publication Date
3-1-2014
Keywords
Access/Insurance, Stability, dissertation, Pediatrics article, policy brief, MRHRC
Abstract
Key Findings: Prior to CHIP, low-income rural and urban children had comparable rates of public coverage and uninsurance, including chronic (a year or more) uninsurance; By the time CHIP was fully implemented, uninsured rates had declined so much among low-income rural children that they were lower than among urban children; In addition to lower uninsured rates in a given month, low-income rural children experienced dramatic increases in the continuity of their health insurance coverage following CHIP. Controlling for child and family characteristics, low-income rural children have more continuous coverage post-CHIP than do their urban counterparts.
Recommended Citation
Ziller, E. C. (2013). Health insurance coverage of low-income rural children increases and is more continuous following CHIP implementation. (Policy Brief PB-53). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research Center.
