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Arch Ophthalmol. 1999;117(3):392-393.

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JAMA

Impact of a Children's Health Insurance Program on Newly Enrolled Children

Judith R. Lave, PhD; Christopher R. Keane, ScD, MPH; Chyongchiou J. Lin, PhD; Edmund M. Ricci, PhD; Gabriele Amersbach, MA; Charles P. LaVallee

Context.—Although there is considerable interest in decreasing the number of US children who do not have health insurance, there is little information on the effect that health insurance has on children and their families.

Objective.—To determine the impact of children's health insurance programs on access to health care and on other aspects of the lives of the children and their families.

Design.—A before-after design with a control group. The families of newly enrolled children were interviewed by telephone using an identical survey instrument at baseline, at 6 months, and at 12 months after enrollment into the program. A second group of families of newly enrolled children were interviewed 12 months after the . . . [Full Text of this Article]