Health care expenditures among Medicaid enrolled children with and without orofacial clefts in North Carolina, 1995-2002

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 785-794

  Cassell, Cynthia H ^a,b   Meyer, Robert ^b,c   Daniels, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Expenditures; Health costs; Medicaid; Orofacial clefts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749104587     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20522     Document Type: Article

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