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Disparities In Access To Preventive Health Care Services Among Insured Children In A Cross Sectional Study, Christian King
Disparities In Access To Preventive Health Care Services Among Insured Children In A Cross Sectional Study, Christian King
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications
Children with insurance have better access to care and health outcomes if their parents also have insurance. However, little is known about whether the type of parental insurance matters. This study attempts to determine whether the type of parental insurance affects the access to health care services of children. I used data from the 2009–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and estimated multivariate logistic regressions (N=26,152). I estimated how family insurance coverage affects the probability that children have a usual source of care, well-child visits in the past year, unmet medical and prescription needs, less than 1 dental visit per year, …