Use of Health Services by Insurance Status among Children with Asthma

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1065-1074

  Ortega, Alexander N ^a,b,c   Belanger, Kathleen D ^a   Paltiel, A David ^a   Horwitz, Sarah M ^a   Bracken, Michael B ^a   Leaderer, Brian P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Health services; Medicaid; Race; United States

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035491646     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200110000-00004     Document Type: Article

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