University of Chicago Reports Findings in Health Insurance (Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family…

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University of Chicago Reports Findings in Health Insurance (Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Research findings on Health Insurance are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Chicago, Illinois, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "This study utilizes Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey data to investigate children's (17 years and younger) health insurance coverage and routine medical and dental care visits by family immigration status (N = 2846). We use a combination of nativity (U.S. and foreign born) and legal status (authorized and unauthorized) of mothers and their children to categorize family immigration status (citizen mother-citizen child; authorized mother-citizen/authorized child; unauthorized mother-citizen/authorized child; unauthorized mother-unauthorized child)."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Chicago, "Health care use is measured by routine medical visits and dental visits. We find that health insurance coverage and dental visits are lowest for the children of unauthorized mothers but gaps are most pronounced for unauthorized mother-unauthorized child pairs."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Policy implications, in light of recent health and immigration-related legislation, are discussed."

For more information on this research see: Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status. Children and Youth Services Review, 2017;79():97-106. Children and Youth Services Review can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Children and Youth Services Review - www.journals.elsevier.com/children-and-youth-services-review/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. Ybarra, University Chicago, Sch Social Serv Adm, Chicago, IL 60637, United States. Additional authors for this research include Y. Ha and J.N. Chang (see also Health Insurance).

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.027. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America, Health and Medicine, Health Insurance, Dentistry, University of Chicago.