California Children's Health Initiatives

Healthy Kids Programs Helped Prevent More than 1,000 Hospitalizations Annually

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, January 30th, 2008

New data released showed that Healthy Kids, a locally-funded health insurance program for children, saves the State of California and the federal government up to $7.3 million annually in health care costs by preventing more than 1,000 unnecessary child hospitalizations per year.

The study, conducted by the Center for Community Health Studies at the University of Southern California and funded by The California Endowment and First Five California, focused on children enrolled in Healthy Kids through Children's Health Initiatives (CHIs) in nine counties: Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa...

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Source: Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly (2008-01-30)

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