Publications

This report looks at well-child care among new enrollees in the first year of their enrollment.

On the request of the Department of Social Services, the Children’s Health Council has conducted an evaluation of HUSKY services for children with special health care needs.

This report describes the use of health care services by children with special health care needs, including children in DCF, Title V, and SSI programs

This brief reports on the health care that children in DCF custody receive through HUSKY A. It also offers recommendations for improvement.

A two-page brief that summarizes issues of access and quality of care in the HUSKY program and offers recommendations to improve health care.

The reports summarizes a telephone survey of parents of children with special health care needs in HUSKY A to assess their access to care and satisfaction with health care services.

An estimated 71,000 children under 18 in the state (8.1%) were uninsured for the entire year in 2002, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Most children did not receive timely office or clinic visits after they had been hospitalized or had emergency room care for asthma during FFY 2001.

In July 2003, legal immigrants will no longer be able to apply for HUSKY unless the state enacts legislation extending eligibility beyond this date.

This report found that half of HUSKY A children who were hospitalized for behavioral health problems did not receive follow-up care within a month of their discharge.