"Health Insurance for Low-Income Working Families: Effect on the Provision of Immunizations to Preschool-Age Children."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, "Background: The out-of-pocket cost for immunizations is a cause for referral to public health department clinics and is associated with delayed immunization. In 1991, New York State started Child Health Plus (CHPlus), an insurance program that covers ambulatory care and immunization services for children of families earning less than 222% of the poverty level. Objective: To determine the effect of CHPlus on the provision of immunizations. Design: A before-and-after design was used to compare the year immediately before enrollment in CHPlus with the...

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