Uninsured children most at risk for insufficient health care experiences

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uosc-ucm021916.php

Public Release: 19-Feb-2016
Uninsured children most at risk for insufficient health care experiences
Findings call for expansion of resources to properly secure quality primary care for all children
University of Southern California

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) examined medical home trends in children's primary care from 2003 to 2012 and found that while this specific healthcare model has improved children's primary care overall, certain aspects of children's patient care experience have worsened. Moreover, upon analyzing various at-risk profiles, the team found that uninsured children were subject to more insufficient levels of care.

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There was one subgroup, however, that seemed to fall behind even when other at-risk subgroups improved. Uninsured children had the lowest and most unstable medical home experiences over the past decade. The uninsured subgroup also had the children in most need of constant, quality care.

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