Key findings
Data from the National Health Interview Survey
In 2019, just over one-half of children aged 6 months through 17 years (53.1%) had an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months.
Overall, and for each race and Hispanic-origin group examined, influenza vaccination coverage was lower with increasing age.
Across all age groups, children in more rural areas had lower influenza vaccination coverage than those in urban areas.
The percentage of children who had received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months ranged from 47.9% in the East South Central region to 65.3% in the New England region of the United States.
Increasing the proportion of persons, including children, who are vaccinated annually against seasonal influenza is a Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicator (1). Vaccination is effective in preventing influenza (2), and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends an annual influenza vaccination for children aged 6 months and over (3)
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Single-Payer Reform and Rural Health in the United States: Lessons from Our Northern Neighbor
Abstract
Single-payer health reform has secured its place in the mainstream American health policy debate, yet its implications for particular subpopulations or sectors of care remain understudied. Amidst many unanswered questions from policymakers and political pundits, rural health has emerged as one such area. This article explores rural Canada’s five-decade-long experience with a national publicly funded health insurance program as a valuable opportunity for cross-national learning. During March 2020, I conducted 13 semi-structured, elite stakeholder interviews with government officials, academic researchers, rural hospital executives, public health association leaders, rural health administrators, and representatives from provincial medical, hospital, and physician associations in Ontario. I found that a single-payer model confers notable advantages over a market-based model, includ
The Universal Cause There s a dagger at the heart of any solution to the crisis in health care costs but it s not the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs. Rather, it s the uninsured: the 41 million Americans one in seven who can t afford, aren t offered or choose not to carry health insurance. Sarah Harney | March 2003
There s a dagger at the heart of any solution to the crisis in health care costs but it s not the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs. Rather, it s the uninsured: the 41 million Americans one in seven who can t afford, aren t offered or choose not to carry health insurance.
A recent report from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured found that $35 billion was spent on uncompensated care for the uninsured, with the public sector picking up 85 percent of that tab. But the uninsured are not just a government problem. This situation threatens the entire health care system from the effect on hos
Rolling Medicaid Rules Several states made changes in their Medicaid and SCHIP programs that
will, in effect, push children off the rolls. Sarah Harney | September 2003
You could almost hear the sigh of relief coming from Medicaid and child-advocate circles when governors and state legislators finished their budget-balancing job for this fiscal year. Although health care benefits for poor and near-poor women and children didn t escape unscathed, the cuts to those programs weren t as deep or extensive as they could have been. Many of Medicaid s optional services were slashed and some co-payments were added, but only a few states touched eligibility requirements for either impoverished persons who qualify for Medicaid or the slightly better-off families who get their children s (and sometimes the parent s) health needs covered by SCHIP.
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