Is medicaid pronatalist? The effect of eligibility expansions on abortions and births

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Joyce, Theodore ^a   Kaestner, Robert ^a   Kwan, Florence ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AMERICAS; BIRTH RATE; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FERTILITY RATE; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARITAL STATUS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED--WOMEN;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH RATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745123725     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991623     Document Type: Article

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