Out of every five persons in a commercial health insurance plan who has a chronic condition, one is a child. This first brief in a new series profiles children with disabilities and chronic conditions in commercial plans, who account for more than 70 percent of every dollar spent on child...

This brief, the fourth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that nearly three-quarters of parents who need professional care coordination services for their child say they do not get enough help—if they get any at all....

Out of every five persons in a commercial health insurance plan who has a chronic condition, one is a child. This first brief in a new series profiles children with disabilities and chronic conditions in commercial plans, who account for more than 70 percent of every dollar spent on child...

Children with special health care needs who are enrolled in commercial, employer-based health insurance plans may be at high risk for inadequate access to needed health services. This report provides new and important information on patterns of service use and cost for 30,000 children with...

Using data from two national surveys, this article examines the extent to which residential treatment facilities consistently implement certain practices following incidents of seclusion or restraint. The study found that 76 percent of facilities reported having secluded or restrained youth in...

Examines the implications of continuous coverage for children using Medicaid enrollment and payment data for California, Michigan, Missouri, and New Jersey. Finds that discontinuity affects a small proportion of children who would qualify for continuous coverage and that some groups of children,...

With obesity on the rise in children as well as adults, finding ways to prevent childhood obesity has become a pressing concern for both health care providers and parents. Yet, determining the best prevention method is difficult because the problem does not have a single cause and there are few...