A randomized, controlled trial of the effectiveness of community-based case management in insuring uninsured Latino children

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1433-1441

  Flores, Glenn ^a,b   Abreu, Milagros ^c   Chaisson, Christine E ^d   Meyers, Alan ^c   Sachdeva, Ramesh C ^a,b   Fernandez, Harriet ^c   Francisco, Patricia ^c   Diaz, Beatriz ^c   Diaz, Ana Milena ^c   Santos Guerrero, Iris ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health services; Community health services; Insurance; Latino; Medicaid; Medically uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; PATIENT;

BOSTON; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED;

EID: 33644698749     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0786     Document Type: Article

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