The key to the door: Medicaid's role in improving health care for women and children

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue , 1999, Pages 403-426

  Rowland, Diane ^a   Salganicoff, Alina ^a   Keenan, Patricia Seliger ^a  

^a HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Insurance; Managed care; Outcomes; Poverty

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032975542     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.20.1.403     Document Type: Review

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