Medicaid and the Health Care of Children in Poverty and Near Poverty
Some Successes and Failures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9103655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven L Gortmaker (0000-0003-4904-9377, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 567-582 |
| Publication date | 1981-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198106000-00001 |
| PMID | 7022043 |
| OpenAlex | W1996685256 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 6 |
Recent trends in access to and utilization of health services by children living in poverty, near poverty, and higher income households in the Flint, Michigan, metropolitan area are examined. During the period under study (1973-1977), there were substantial increases in the percentage of poor children enrolled in Medicaid. By 1977, however, 15 per cent of children in poverty in the city of Flint were still not enrolled; in suburban areas, this estimate was 30 per cent. Some correlates of non-enrollment are identified. These changes in Medicaid enrollment were accompanied by an attenuation of differences in the utilization of ambulatory medical services among income groups, although children on Medicaid in 1977 were still less likely to have a regular source of care, and less likely to have a pediatrician as a regular physician. Although dental visits were covered by Medicaid beginning in 1975, economic differentials in dental utilization appear to have widened over the period under study. A variety of barriers to the delivery of services under Medicaid in this community are noted, and the generalizability of these findings discussed
Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Medicaid · Medical care · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Poverty · Poverty level · Socioeconomics · Child and Adolescent Health · Demography · Global Health Workforce Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine
The Effect of Medicaid on Access to Ambulatory Mental Health Care for the Poor and Near-Poor Under 65
The Financial Burden of Medical Care Expenses for Children
Maternal Employment and Use of Pediatric Clinic Services
Access to Office-Based Physicians Under Capitation Reimbursement and Medicaid Case Management
The Impact of Outpatient Department and Emergency Room Use on Costs in the Texas Medicaid Program
Medical Care Use and Expenditures for Children across Stages of the Family Life Cycle
Continuing constraints to a preventively-oriented medical care system in the United States
An ABCD Program to Increase Access to Dental Care for Children Enrolled in Medicaid in a Rural County
Comparison of Access and Costs of Medicaid Dental Services in a Hospital Clinic and Community Practices
Is Health Insurance Enough? A Usual Source of Care may be More Important to Ensure a Child Receives Preventive Health Counseling
Perinatal outcomes among Medicaid recipients in California
The impact of Medicaid on physician use by low-income children
Health care of poverty and nonpoverty children in Iowa
The Effect of Marital Disruption on Children’s Health
American children at risk
Health Care Use by Preschool Children
The Medicaid program and a regular source of care
EPSDT- one quarter million screenings in Michigan
Use of ambulatory health services by the near poor
The Relationship between Modified and Usual Multiple-Regression Approaches to the Analysis of Dichotomous Variables
State Response to Federal Policy
Medicaid, Morbidity, and Physician Use
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2011 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |