Databases for estimating health insurance coverage for children : a workshop summary / Thomas J. Plewes, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
"The workshop was organized by a steering committee composed of experts in administering and assessing Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at the national and state levels, as well as experts in survey methodology and modeling."--Pref. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
PART I -- WORKSHOP SUMMARY: Introduction -- The changing policy context -- Federal surveys -- Administrative databases -- State data collections -- Modeling strategies for improving estimates -- Looking ahead -- PART II -- BACKGROUND PAPERS: Monitoring Children's Health Insurance Coverage under CHIPRA using federal surveys -- Health insurance coverage in the American community survey: a comparison to two other federal surveys -- Income and poverty measurement in surveys of health insurance coverage -- Using uninsured data to track state CHIP programs -- The Massachusetts experience: using survey data to evaluate state health care reform -- Small-domain estimation of health insurance coverage.
Summary:
"This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop convened in June 2010 to critically examine the various databases that could provide national and state-level estimates of low-income uninsured children and could be effectively used as criteria for monitoring children's health insurance coverage."--Publisher's description.
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