The pre-pregnancy insurance status of public aid recipients in the aftermath of welfare reform: Women in the Medicaid Gap

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 162-179

  Handler, Arden ^a   Rosenberg, Deborah ^a   Rankin, Kristin M ^a   Zimbeck, Meagan ^b   Adams, E Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance coverage; Low income women; Medicaid; Prenatal care; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAID; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644762921     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0025     Document Type: Article

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