Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: Research and Evaluation

The Los Angeles Healthy Kids program provides health insurance to low income children in the county who have no other source of coverage (including undocumented children and children above the income limits for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families).  The reports listed here are part of a multi-year broad-based evaluation of the program by the Urban Institute, funded by First 5 LA.

• Los Angeles Healthy Kids Improves Access to Care and Health Status
• Parents' Opinions of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program Remain High Despite Recent Challenges: Findings from the Second Evaluation Focus Groups
• Growing Pains for the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program
• Improving Coverage and Access for Immigrant Latino Children: The Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program 
• Growing Pains for the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: Findings from the Second Evaluation Case Study
• The Impact of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program on Access to Care, Use of Services, and Health Status
• Quality of Early Childhood Health Care in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program 
• Utilization in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: A Preliminary Study of Health Plan Administrative Data
• A Profile of Young Children in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: Who Are They and What Are Their Experiences on the Program?
• What Parents Say About the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: Findings From the First Evaluation Focus Groups (Brief)
• Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program Gets a Healthy Start: Findings From the First Evaluation Case Study (Brief)
• A Healthy Start for the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: Findings from the First Evaluation Case Study
• What Do Parents Say About the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program?: Findings from the First Evaluation Focus Groups
• Los Angeles Healthy Kids Improves Access to Care for Young Children: Early Results from the Healthy Kids Evaluation
• Healthy Start for L.A. Healthy Kids Program