Language disparities and timely care for children in managed care medicaid

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 417-426

  Galbraith, Alison A ^a   Semura, Jeanne I ^b   McAninch Dake, Rebecca J ^d   Anderson, Nancy ^d   Christakis, Dimitri A ^c,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Health and Recovery Services Administration   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749098408     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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