Effects of Medicaid managed care on health care use: Infant emergency department and ambulatory services

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-110

  Alessandrini, Evaline A ^a   Shaw, Kathy N ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^b   Perry, Katherine A ^a   Baker, M Douglas ^c   Schwarz, Donald F ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department use; Health care access; Medicaid managed care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034963542     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.1.103     Document Type: Article

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