Table 2. Percent of Children Enrolled in the Florida Healthy Kids Program Pre- and Post-Title XXI Program Changes, by Study Variables: 1997-1999.
| Variable | Program Changes | |
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| Prior to October 1998 N=36,648 |
Post October 1998 N=27,917 |
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| Percent | ||
| Health Related | ||
| Used Health Care System at Least Once1 | 81 | 87 |
| Presence of a Diagnosis Indicating a Special Health Care Need1 | 11 | 14 |
| Presence of a Mental Health Diagnosis | 8 | 8 |
| Demographic Family Income as a Percent of FPL1 | ||
| Less than 133 | 66 | 63 |
| 133-185 | 23 | 26 |
| 185-200 | 3 | 4 |
| More than 200 | 7 | 8 |
| Had an Increase in Premium | NA | 50 |
| Had a Decrease in Premium | NA | 50 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 52 | 52 |
| Female | 48 | 48 |
| Age | ||
| 1-4 Years | 1 | 1 |
| 5-9 Years | 29 | 29 |
| 10-14 Years | 44 | 45 |
| 15-19 Years | 26 | 25 |
| Household Size | ||
| 2 or 3 | 39 | 39 |
| 4 | 31 | 31 |
| 5 | 19 | 19 |
| 6 or More | 11 | 11 |
| Enrollment Characteristics1 | ||
| Enrolled With No Episodes of Disenrollment | 52 | 69 |
| Disenrolled and Did Not Return | 32 | 13 |
| Disenrolled But Later Re-enrolled | 16 | 18 |
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Differences between pre- and post-Title XXI group significant p< 0.0001
NOTES: FPL is Federal poverty level. NA is not applicable.
SOURCE: Shenkman, E., Vogel, B., Boyett, J.M., University of Florida and Naff, R., Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, 2001.