Continuity and quality of care for children with diabetes who are covered by medicaid

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-103

  Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c   Feudtner, Chris ^a,c   Pihoker, Catherine ^a,c   Connell, Frederick A ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Diabetes; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035296599     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0099:CAQOCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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