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The Santa Clara County Healthy Kids Program: Impacts on Children's Medical, Dental, and Vision Care

Christopher Trenholm, Embry Martin Howell, Dana Hughes, Sean Orzol

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Health insurance coverage for children remains a serious policy issue throughout the United States. The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative (CHI), launched in January 2001, is an ambitious effort to close gaps in health insurance coverage for children. This report underscores the unique characteristics of children taking part in Healthy Kids and identifies many significant improvements in their medical care and dental and vision care as a result of participating in the program.

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Health insurance coverage for children remains a serious policy issue throughout the United States. The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative (CHI), launched in January 2001, is an ambitious effort to close gaps in health insurance coverage for children. This report underscores the unique characteristics of children taking part in Healthy Kids and identifies many significant improvements in their medical care and dental and vision care as a result of participating in the program.

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Health insurance coverage for children remains a serious policy issue throughout the United States. The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative (CHI), launched in January 2001, is an ambitious effort to close gaps in health insurance coverage for children. This report underscores the unique characteristics of children taking part in Healthy Kids and identifies many significant improvements in their medical care and dental and vision care as a result of participating in the program.

Key concepts: Dental care, Health care, Medical care, Health insurance, Medicine, Environmental health, Family medicine, Political science

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