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Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. General Accounting Office, [1998] LC Number: HD7102.U4 A27 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)297690927 Subject: Medicaid. Excerpt: ... B-278558 Figure 3: Number of Medicaid-Eligible Children With and Without Health Insurance in 1996, by Region Number of Children 5, 000 4, 139 4, 000 2, 973 3, 000 2, 385 2, 054 2, 000 1, 486 1, 042 1, 000 459 458 0 Northeast Midwest South West Insured Uninsured Note: Numbers in thousands. Several reasons may explain the differences in proportions of uninsured Medicaid-eligible children in different regions. Some areas have higher proportions of workers with employment-based insurance because of the size of local firms, type of business, or degree of unionization. As a result, higher proportions of workers ' dependents are insured. Regions also differ in the number and percentage of immigrant families and various ethnic groups. All of these factors can affect insurance status and how states conduct outreach to the uninsured. Regions differ in the number of uninsured Medicaid-eligible children who are Hispanic or of Hispanic descent and in the number who are members of immigrant families. Both Hispanic and immigrant families are most Page 13 GAO / HEHS-98-93 Outreach to Medicaid-Eligible Children
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