Medical Uninsurance and Underinsurance Among US Children: Findings From the National Survey of Children's Health, 2016-2019

Adam Gaffney; Samuel Dickman; Christopher Cai; Danny McCormick; David U Himmelstein; Steffie Woolhandler

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2822

Medical Uninsurance and Underinsurance Among US Children: Findings From the National Survey of Children's Health, 2016-2019

JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Dec 1;175(12):1279-1281. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2822.

Authors

Adam Gaffney¹, Samuel Dickman², Christopher Cai³, Danny McCormick⁴, David U Himmelstein⁵, Steffie Woolhandler⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
² Planned Parenthood South Texas, San Antonio.
³ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
⁵ School of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2016 to 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health to examine trends in both medical uninsurnace and underinsurance among US children.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Surveys*
Humans
Infant
Insurance Coverage* / statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health*
Male
Medically Uninsured* / statistics & numerical data
United States