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Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical Care, and Child Health
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We study the effect of public insurance for children on their utilization of medical care and health outcomes by exploiting recent expansions of the Medicaid program to low-income children. These expansions doubled the fraction of children eligible for Medicaid between 1984 and 1992. Take-up of these expansions was much less than full, however, even among otherwise uninsured children. Despite this take-up problem, eligibility for Medicaid significantly increased the utilization of medical care, particularly care delivered in physicians' offices. Increased eligibility was also associated with a sizable and significant reduction in child mortality.
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- Authors
- Currie, J., & Gruber, J.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996-05-01
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 431-466
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-4650
- OpenAlex
- W2891479562
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- 802
- References
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- FWCI
- 13.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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