Relationship between early primary care and emergency department use in early infancy by the Medicaid population

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 710-716

  Kotagal, Uma R ^a,b   Schoettker, Pamela J ^b   Atherton, Harry D ^b   Hornung, Richard W ^b   Bush, Donna ^c   Pomerantz, Wendy J ^b   Schubert, Charles J ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Ohio Department of Job and Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD CARE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036310901     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.7.710     Document Type: Article

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