The role of public insurance and the public delivery system in improving birth outcomes for low-income pregnant women

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1048-1059

  Marquis, M Susan ^a   Long, Stephen H ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Deliv ery systems; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 12544258003     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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