Medicaid acceptance and availability of timely follow-up for newborns with medicaid

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1148-1154

  Galbraith, Alison A ^a   Grossman, David C ^b,c,d   Koepsell, Thomas D ^c   Heagerty, Patrick J ^c   Christakis, Dimitri A ^c,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Insurance; Medicaid; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644688455     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2584     Document Type: Article

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