TY  - JOUR
AU  - Currie,Janet
AU  - Thomas,Duncan
TI  - Medicaid and Medical Care for Children
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4284
PY  - 1993
Y2  - March 1993
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4284
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4284.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Janet Currie
Princeton University
316 Wallace Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
Tel: 609-258-7393
Fax: 609-258-5974
E-Mail: jcurrie@princeton.edu

Duncan Thomas
Department of Economics
Duke University
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708
Tel: 919/660-1803
Fax: 919/684-8974
E-Mail: d.thomas@duke.edu
AB  - Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys are used to compare the medical care received by children covered by Medicaid with that of other similar children. The longitudinal dimension of the data is exploited as we examine differences between siblings and repeated observations on the same child. We find that Medicaid coverage is associated with a higher probability of both black and white children receiving routine checkups but with increases in the number of doctor visits for illness only among white children. This racial disparity in the number of visits may be linked to the fact that black children with Medicaid coverage are less likely to see a private physician than other children.
ER  -