Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Adequacy and Consistency among Children: Evidence from the 2011/12 National Survey of Children's Health
Author(s) -
Tulay G. Soylu,
Eman Elashkar,
Fatemah Aloudah,
Munir Ahmed,
Panagiota Kitsantas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.579
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2279-9028
DOI - 10.4081/jphr.2018.1280
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , poverty , health care , outreach , environmental health , consistency (knowledge bases) , descriptive statistics , demography , political science , statistics , geometry , mathematics , sociology , law
This study provides evidence that racial/ethnic differences in adequate and consistent health insurance exists with both white and minority children being affected adversely by poverty. Establishing outreach programs for low income families, and cross-cultural education for healthcare providers may help increase health insurance adequacy and consistency within certain underserved populations.
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