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Posted to Web: July 01, 2005

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Using data primarily from the National Health Interview Survey, this study investigates the effects of SCHIP expansions on insurance coverage, health care services use, and access to care for children with chronic health conditions. The expansions resulted in a 9.8 percentage point increase in the proportion of children with chronic conditions reporting public insurance and a 6.4 percentage point decline in the proportion uninsured. Unmet need for health care decreased by 8 percentage points, and estimated reductions in unmet need were greater for children with chronic conditions than for other children. Impact on access to care and service use was limited. (Davidoff, Amy, Genevieve Kenney, and Lisa Dubay. July 2005. "Effects of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansions on Children with Chronic Health Conditions." Pediatrics 116(1): e34-e42.)

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