Moving to mandatory Medicaid managed care in Ohio: Impacts on pregnant women and infants

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 683-690

  Kenney, Genevieve ^a   Sommers, Anna Stauber ^a   Dubay, Lisa ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care; Medicaid; Pregnant women; Prenatal care; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22244474948     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000167180.03824.fb     Document Type: Article

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