The statewide mail survey was based on completed forms returned by the parents of 2,681 children.
Key findings of include:
- As many as 68,000 of Oregon's uninsured children may be eligible for publicly funded health coverage.
- Uninsured children were three times more likely to use the emergency department for routine care.
- Only one in three uninsured children visited a primary care provider in the past 12 months, and only one out of five uninsured children got necessary dental care.
- One in four low-income children had a health insurance coverage gap during the past year. And the longer the gap, the less likely the child was to have regular care.
— Associated Press
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