A sampling bias in identifying children in foster care using medicaid data

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Rubin, David M ^a,b,c   Pati, Susmita ^a,b   Luan, Xianqun ^a   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c General Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Health services research; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SAMPLING;

EID: 20744453096     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-120R.1     Document Type: Article

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