Howell Embry, Trenholm Christopher, Dubay Lisa, Hughes Dana, Hill Ian
Health Policy Center of the Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010 May;21(2 Suppl):109-24. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0293.
Three California counties (Los Angeles, San Mateo, and Santa Clara) expanded health insurance coverage for undocumented children and some higher income children not covered by Medi-Cal (Medicaid) or Healthy Families (SCHIP). This paper presents findings from evaluations of all three programs. Results consistently showed that health insurance enrollment increased access to and use of medical and dental care, and reduced unmet need for those services. After one year of enrollment the programs also improved the health status of children, including reducing the percentage of children who missed school due to health.
加利福尼亚州的三个县（洛杉矶县、圣马特奥县和圣克拉拉县）扩大了对无证儿童以及一些未被加州医疗救助计划（医疗补助）或健康家庭计划（儿童健康保险计划）覆盖的高收入儿童的医疗保险覆盖范围。本文介绍了对这三个项目评估的结果。结果一致表明，医疗保险参保增加了医疗和牙科护理的可及性与使用率，并减少了对这些服务未满足的需求。参保一年后，这些项目还改善了儿童的健康状况，包括减少了因健康问题缺课的儿童比例。
