Who cares for medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions?

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 906-912

  Kuhlthau, Karen ^a,b   Ferris, Timothy G G ^a,b   Beal, Anne C ^a,b   Gortmaker, Steven L ^c   Perrin, James M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic conditions; Generalist; Medicaid; Primary care; Referral; Subspecialist; Supplementary security income

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE PART B; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034789676     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.4.906     Document Type: Article

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