The effect of expanding Medicaid prenatal services on birth outcomes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1623-1629

  Baldwin, Laura Mae ^a   Larson, Eric H ^a   Connell, Frederick A ^b   Nordlund, Daniel ^c   Cain, Kevin C ^b   Cawthon, Mary Lawrence ^c,d   Byrns, Patricia ^e   Rosenblatt, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Washington State Department of Social and Health Services   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAID; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031771703     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.11.1623     Document Type: Article

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