title: Barriers to health care for children. How's Florida doing?
abstract: Three primary barriers, financial, system, and knowledge, must be overcome to ensure quality health care for all children. Attempts to identify strengths and weaknesses in Florida's child health care system are directed at removing these barriers. Strengths include: an Institute of Child Health Planning, a legislative proposal to link child health insurance to school enrollment, several populous cities supporting good medical facilities and the availability of health care for all children. Areas of weakness include: lack of medical resources in underserved areas, disproportionate spending on health care for elderly versus young, and lack of identified financial resources to pay for school-linked health insurance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Neiberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005431:Florida; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008489:Medical Indigency; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence