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Strategies for expanding health insurance coverage in vulnerable populations

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: November 2014

Workgroups: Access to Health Services Workgroup

In this Cochrane systematic review, the effectiveness of strategies to expand health insurance coverage for children and other vulnerable populations was assessed. They found that these strategies may increase children’s enrollment in health insurance:

  • Offering support through community-based case managers who provide health insurance information, help complete applications, and negotiate with insurance providers
  • Handing out insurance application materials in hospital emergency departments

However, researchers pointed out that further studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of different strategies for expanding health insurance coverage in vulnerable populations in different settings.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Increase the proportion of people with health insurance — AHS‑01
LHI label
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

Jia L, Yuan B, Huang F, Lu Y, Garner P, Meng Q. (2014). Strategies for expanding health insurance coverage in vulnerable populations. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD008194. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008194.pub3.