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March 1, 1999

Guidelines for Collecting, Analyzing and Displaying Child Health Coverage Eligibility Outcomes Data

Eligibility simplification of child health coverage programs is a major goal of grantees under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Covering Kids Initiative. Eligibility system data can play a major role in helping identify simplification issues and solutions. One of the initial steps to eligibility simplification is a review of Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) eligibility data to determine the current outcomes of the eligibility system. Eligibility outcomes data provide states with information on the actual results of the application and redetermination processes, as well as the reason for denials and closures. The purpose of this paper is to serve as a brief “how-to” guide on conducting a children’s health coverage eligibility outcomes data study. The paper describes who should be involved, the process and the data elements needed to conduct an analysis of Medicaid and SCHIP eligibility outcomes.

Source: Southern Institute on Children and Families

Citation: Grant, Vicki C. Guidelines for Collecting, Analyzing and Displaying Child Health Coverage Eligibility Outcomes Data. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

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