title: Job-based coverage drops for adults and children but public programs boost children's coverage.
abstract: Based on data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003), this policy brief provides a profile of nonelderly Californians' health insurance coverage and lack of coverage, as well as estimates of children and adults who are uninsured but eligible for coverage through public programs. It also describes how this profile has changed since 2001, based on data from CHIS 2001.
authors.forename: E Richard
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Shana Alex
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lavarreda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008484:Medicaid; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013221:State Health Plans; D014481:United States