Child Poverty and the Health Care System Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD Academic Pediatrics Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages S83-S89 (April 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.12.002 Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Health coverage for immigrant children, July 2015. National Immigration Law Center (http://www.nilc.org/healthcoveragemaps.html). Academic Pediatrics 2016 16, S83-S89DOI: (10.1016/j.acap.2015.12.002) Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Uninsurance Rates: US Children by Poverty Status and US Adults 1997–2014. “Table 114. No health insurance coverage among persons under age 65, by selected characteristics: United States, selected years, 1984–2013.” NHIS Trend Tables available online (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2014.htm); and for 2014, “Table 6. Percentages of children age 0–17 who lacked health insurance coverage, had public health plan coverage, and had private health insurance coverage at the time of interview, by poverty status and year: United States, 2009–2014, and Table 1. Percentage of persons who lacked health insurance at the time of interview, for at least part of the past year, and for more than a year, by age group and year, United States 2010—March 2015.” In Cohen RA, Martinez ME. Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January–March 2015. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics; 2015. Academic Pediatrics 2016 16, S83-S89DOI: (10.1016/j.acap.2015.12.002) Copyright © 2016 Academic Pediatric Association Terms and Conditions