Medicaid managed care and infant health

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-368

  Levinson, Arik ^a   Ullman, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care; Medicaid; Payment systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032103134     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(97)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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