Open AccessThe School Enrollment-Based Health Insurance program: socioeconomic factors in enrollees' use of health services.
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Shenkman,
Jane Pendergast,
Jacquelyn Reiss,
E Walther,
Richard L. Bucciarelli,
Steve A. Freedman
Publication year - 1996
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.86.12.1791
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , health care , odds , logistic regression , medicine , health equity , health insurance , environmental health , public health , family medicine , nursing , population , economic growth , economics
The School Enrollment-Based Health Insurance program is designed to reduce financial barriers to children's health care use. This study sought to determine if any socioeconomic measures differed between enrollees with at least one health care encounter and those with no encounters.