Outcomes of enhanced prenatal services for Medicaid-eligible women in public and private settings

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-134

  Simpson, Lisa ^a   Korenbrot, Carol ^b,c   Greene, John ^d  

^a U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030892141     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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