Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program patients and infectious diseases treated in Emergency departments: U.S., 2003

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-520

  Adekoya, Nelson ^a  

^a CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547687842     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200413     Document Type: Article

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