Differences in disease outcomes between medicaid and privately insured children: Possible health disparities in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-384

  Brunner, Hermine I ^a,b   Taylor, Janalee ^a   Britto, Maria T ^a   Corcoran, Melinda S ^a   Kramer, Sandy L ^a   Melson, Paula G ^a   Kotagal, Uma R ^a   Graham, T Brent ^a   Passo, Murray H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire; Disparity; Health related quality of life; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Medicaid; Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745072161     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21991     Document Type: Article

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