Racial disparities in medicaid enrollment and prenatal care initiation among pregnant teens in Florida: Comparisons between 1995 and 2001

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1079-1085

  Kuo, Tzy Mey ^a   Gavin, Norma I ^a   Adams, E Kathleen ^b   Ayadi, M Femi ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Medicaid; Prenatal care; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53449096314     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318187d8f8     Document Type: Article

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