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Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal 8/2015

01-08-2015

The Association Between Medicaid Coverage for Children and Parents Persists: 2002–2010

Authors: Jennifer E. DeVoe, Courtney Crawford, Heather Angier, Jean O’Malley, Charles Gallia, Miguel Marino, Rachel Gold

Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Issue 8/2015

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Abstract

To assess the association between a child’s and their parent’s public health insurance status during a time when children had access to coverage independent of policies that impacted adults’ access. Secondary data from the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) [Oregon’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs] for families with at least one parent and one child with OHP coverage at any time during the study period (2002–2010). We linked children to their parents in the OHP data set and examined longitudinal associations between the coverage patterns for children and their parents, controlling for several demographic and economic confounders. We tested for differences in the strength of associations in monthly coverage status in five time periods throughout the nine-year study period. The odds of a child being insured by the OHP in months in which at least one parent had OHP coverage were significantly higher than among children whose parents were not enrolled at that time. Children with at least one parent who maintained or gained OHP coverage in a given month had a much higher probability of being enrolled in the OHP in that month, compared to children who had no covered parents in the given month or the month prior. Despite implementation of policies that differentially affected eligibility requirements for children and adults, strong associations persisted between coverage continuity for parents and children enrolled in Oregon public health insurance programs.
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Metadata
Title
The Association Between Medicaid Coverage for Children and Parents Persists: 2002–2010
Authors
Jennifer E. DeVoe
Courtney Crawford
Heather Angier
Jean O’Malley
Charles Gallia
Miguel Marino
Rachel Gold
Publication date
01-08-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Maternal and Child Health Journal / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6628
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-015-1690-5

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