Open AccessThe effect of US children's access to care on medical attention for injuries.
Author(s) -
Mary D. Overpeck,
Jonathan B. Kotch
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.3.402
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , medical care , poison control , family medicine , health care , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , environmental health , emergency medicine , pathology , economics , economic growth
This analysis examined the effect of access to care on nonfatal medically attended injury rates for US children in 1988. Rates of medically attended injury were about the same for children with health insurance and Medicaid, after adjustment for other characteristics. However, lack of medical care coverage (health insurance or Medicaid) had the effect of decreasing the rates of both total and serious medically attended injury compared with the rates for children with coverage. For children without coverage, as many as 30% of total injuries and 40% of serious injuries may not have been attended in 1988.