A health promotion intervention for families in a medicaid managed care plan

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 823-827

  Chande, Vidya T ^a,b,c,d   Kimes, Deana ^b  

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

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department utilization; Health promotion; Managed care; Medicaid; Pediatrics; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032789709     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01215.x     Document Type: Article

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