• [IMAGE: Health Insurance and Usual Source of Care Site (gif 5.2 K)] Are less likely to have a usual source of healthcare than insured children, and are less likely to have an office-based usual source of care.

• [IMAGE: Health Insurance and Barriers to Care (gif 5.1 K)] Report more barriers to obtaining needed care.

• Are more likely to report that they are unable to afford needed care than insured families.

Use and Expenditures

Uninsured children and families:

Health Status and Health Outcomes

Health outcomes of uninsured individuals are generally worse than those who are insured. Uninsured persons are more likely to:

Uninsured children are disproportionately likely to:

Note: These characteristics are not meant to provide a composite of an uninsured child. Rather, they indicate the demographic categories in which greater proportions of children are uninsured.

For more detailed information on uninsured children in the United States. See Weinick, RM, ME Weigers, and JW Cohen. 1998. "Children's Health Insurance, Access to Care, and Health Status: New Findings." Health Affairs [http://www.healthaffairs.org/]

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