The State Children's Health Insurance Program: A multicenter trial of outreach through the emergency department

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-253

  Gordon, James A ^a,b   Emond, Jennifer A ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MINORITY GROUPS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13144261685     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.037242     Document Type: Article

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