What Works for Vulnerable Children?
Principal investigator: Peter Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H., University of Rochester, NY; $1,751,260; 9/30/99-9/29/02. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of New York’s SCHIP health plan features on enrollees’ access, use, and quality of care, including substudies of children with asthma and minority children. In addition, investigators will examine continuity of enrollment, the magnitude and reasons for loss of commercial insurance, the impact of SCHIP on uncompensated inpatient care, and the factors that cause some eligible families not to enroll. Analysis of Fee-for-Service vs. Managed Care CSHCN. Principal investigator: Janet Zimmerman, Ph.D., Michigan Public Health Institute, Okemos, MI; $667,369; 9/30/99-9/29/02. This study will investigate the impact of a voluntary managed care program for children with special health care needs on Medicaid-eligible children. Editor’s Note: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private family foundation founded in 1964. The Foundat
