Databases for Estimating Health Insurance Coverage for Children: A Workshop Summary

✍ Scribed by National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Committee on National Statistics; Thomas J. Plewes

Publisher: National Academies Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 203
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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