Cost-Effectiveness of Insuring the Uninsured: The Case of Korean American Children

Summary

Published Date: January 01, 2009

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different school-based health insurance strategies to provide coverage to uninsured Korean American children. The authors concluded that personal telephone calls are effective in increasing outreach for children's health insurance application. However, more research is needed to investigate why parents fail to mail in the application. Ultimately, insuring more children will result in cost-effective improvements in quality-adjusted life years.