Children who are medically fragile in North Carolina: Using Medicaid data to estimate prevalence and Medical care costs in 2004

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 461-466

  Buescher, Paul A ^a   Whitmire, J Timothy ^a   Brunssen, Susan ^c   Kluttz Hile, Catherine E ^b  

^a State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^b Murdoch Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Medicaid; Medical care costs; Medically fragile children; Population prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33749000274     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0081-3     Document Type: Article

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