Differences in follow-up visits between African American and white Medicaid children hospitalized with asthma

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-98

  Ali, Sarah ^b   Osberg, J Scott ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access; Asthma; Children; Health services utilization; Medicaid; Primary care; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFTERCARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031066583     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0450     Document Type: Article

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