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Rural and Urban Differences in Children's Medicaid and CHIP Participation

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Efforts to increase enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) among uninsured children would benefit from an understanding of how program participation varies in rural and urban areas. Using Current Population Survey data from the period 2006-2007, rural participation rates were slightly higher than urban rates in the nation overall. There was no rural-urban difference when comparisons were based on within-state variation, independent of adjustment for individual characteristics. For researchers examining health policy issues strongly influenced by state policies or other state-level factors, this study highlights the challenges presented by national data sets with small or nonexistent samples from geographic areas within some states.

Source: INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing

DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.150

Authors: Jennifer King, George M. Holmes, Rebecca T. Slifkin

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Policy and Management

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green