Health Equity

Child Health Inequities Among State Medicaid Programs

Abstract: This Viewpoint discusses differences in states’ Medicaid programs and the associated geographic and sociodemographic inequalities in children’s health and health care.

Publication: JAMA Pediatrics

Date Published: June 21, 2021

Author(s): Edward L. Schor, MD and Kay Johnson, MEd, MPH

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