Obstetric care and payment source: Do low-risk Medicaid women get less care?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-56

  Dobie, Sharon ^a   Hart, L Gary ^a   Fordyce, Meredith ^a   Andrilla, C Holly A ^a   Rosenblatt, Roger A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAID; OBSTETRIC CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0031912576     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.51     Document Type: Article

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