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JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE
Medicaid Enrollment Leads to More School Absenteeism: Empirical
Evidence from National Health Interview Survey
Author(s): Shishu Zhang
Citation: Shishu Zhang, (2012) "Medicaid Enrollment Leads to More School Absenteeism: Empirical Evidence from National Health Interview Survey," Journal of Management Policy and Practice, Vol. 13, Iss. 3, pp. 149 - 160
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Medicaid is the government insurance program that provides health insurance to the poor. The effect of Medicaid eligibility on children’s health is of great concern. The literature survey demonstrates that Medicaid eligibility largely increased the utilization of medical service. However, there are few studies evaluating the effect of Medicaid eligibility on children’s health conditions. This paper use ‘days of school missed due to illnesses or injury’ as the measurement to illustrate the effect of Medicaid eligibility on children’s health. Four econometric models are used to fully analyze the effect of Medicaid eligibility on children’s health outcome. The four models are probit model, triprobit model, negative binomial model and endogenous negative binomial model. Medicaid eligibility and days of school missed due to illness or injury are positively correlated in all four models.
