Children's health insurance coverage and family structure, 1977-1996.

摘要: Using data from a series of nationally representative medical expenditure surveys, the authors document changes in children's health insurance coverage period two decades. Overall, it is found that proportion children with private declined, while proportions publicly insured and uninsured increased. However, when account for differences family structure, they find striking disparities '5 experiences. Contrary to overall trends, single-parent households made significant gains after 1977 experienced reductions public insurance. Coincident Medicaid expansions late 1980s, two-parent increases It rise who were this was largely phenomenon, parents' marital status, employment income are crucial factors associated status.