Childhood Immunization Rates before and after the Implementation of Medicaid Managed Care

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-235

  Kirschke, David L ^a,b,c,d   Craig, Allen S ^b   Schaffner, William ^b   Daugherty, James R ^b   Narramore, Jerry ^b   Griffin, Marie R ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442264749     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.3.230     Document Type: Article

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