Population-based assessments of ophthalmologic and audiologic follow-up in children with very low birth weight enrolled in medicaid: A quality-of-care study

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wang, C Jason ^a,b,c   Elliott, Marc N ^b   McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^b   Brook, Robert H ^b,c,d   Schuster, Mark A ^b,c,d,e  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Low birth weight; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 38849089497     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0136     Document Type: Article

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