Research Catalog

Title

The use of physicians' services by low-income children / Margo L. Rosenbach.

Author

Rosenbach, Margo L.

Publication

New York : Garland Pub., 1993.

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Details

Description

xiv, 185 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Children of poverty

Uniform Title

Children of poverty.

Subjects

• Physicians > statistics & numerical data
• Child Health Services > statistics & numerical data
• Child health services > Utilization > United States
• Poor children > Medical care > United States > Finance
• Medical Indigency
• Medicaid
• United States
• Pediatrics
• Poverty

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-185)

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction and Overview. The Concept of Access in Health Care. Effect of Medicaid on Physician Use by Low-income Children. Evaluation of Previous Research. Study Overview. Outline of the Dissertation -- Ch. 2. Determinants of Physician Use by Children: A Review of the Literature. Theoretical Models. Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Child and Family. Economic Factors. Organizational Variables. Community Resources. Health Status. Other Utilization -- Ch. 3. Research Design. Research Questions. Overview of the Data Base. Sample Selection. Specification of the Model: Dependent Variables. Specification of the Model: Independent Variables. Construction of the Analysis File. Implications of the Complex Survey Design -- Ch. 4. Profile of Low-income Children. Overview of Insurance Coverage. Criteria for Medicaid Eligibility. Characteristics of Low-income Children According to Insurance Coverage. Insurance Coverage and Regular Source of Care.
• Health Service Use and Insurance Coverage. Place of Visit and Insurance Coverage. Expenditures for Physicians' Services According to Insurance Coverage -- Ch. 5. Determinants of Physician Use by Low-income Children: Empirical Findings. Effects of Independent Variables. Children With a Regular Source. Comparison of Medicaid and Non-Medicaid Children: Determinants of Use -- Ch. 6. Implications for Financial Access and Service Delivery. Context and Limitations of This Study. Implications for Improving Financial Access. Implications for Improving Service Delivery -- Appendix 1 Summary of Multivariate Utilization Studies -- Appendix 2 The NMCUES National Household Survey -- Appendix 3 Construction of the Dependent Variables -- Appendix 4 Construction of the Insurance Coverage Measures -- Appendix 5 Effect of the Complex Sample Design on Regression Coefficients.

ISBN

0815311133 (alk. paper)

LCCN

92048901

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Columbia University Libraries