Many children with asthma not treated due to lack of insurance

Each year, 759 000 children with asthma may be at risk of severe asthma attacks, while having no health insurance. About 30 percent of families with incomes above 200 percent of federal poverty level, set at the threshold of state health insurance program for children in most states. Too many children with this chronic illness without insurance at some time during the year, Jill Halterman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, said at the University of Rochester and author of the study published in Pediatrics in the clinic.These children need ongoing treatment from a primary care provider to avoid serious health complications. Without that, are at increased risk of symptoms in the course and even hospitalization.
About 13 percent of uninsured children with asthma atsome time during the year. These include 2 percent - or 114 000 children - who were uninsured all year. The same children were 14 times more likely to have unmet need for drugs than children who are privately insured. Even those who were insured at the time of the survey were six times more often lost the necessary medicines. The study is an analysis of data from the National Health Survey for children (conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics between January 2003 and July 2004) also showed that many children with asthma not to see a doctor fairly frequently.Almost a third of parents of uninsured children said they had no personal primary care physician for your child. More than a third of parents of children who had lost theirinsurance, and almost half of parents of children uninsured for the entire year, said her son hadnt seen a doctor for preventive care in the last year.
Healthy children should consult a doctor for preventive care at least once a year. Children with asthma need more consistent treatment of asthma attacks and other diseases to prevent. No year is expected to pass through a child with asthma, without at least one if not more,

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