Monitoring Clinical Quality in Medicaid Managed Care

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Horwitz, Sarah M ^a   Grogan, Colleen M ^a   Roberto, Marie ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b State of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032036821     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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