TennCare is the American state of Tennessee’s Medicaid program that provides health care for over 1.6 million Tennesseens. TennCare covers approximately 20 percent of the state’s population, 50 percent of the state’s births, and 50 percent of the state’s children. TennCare is one of the oldest Medicaid-managed care programs in the country, having begun on January 1, 1994. In the interest of promoting research into public health and improving outcomes of care, TennCare may make deidentified or identifiable records available for research purposes.

Recruitment is ongoing