Welfare Reform and Insurance Coverage During the Pregnancy Period. Implications for Preconception and Interconception Care

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma ^a   Handler, Arden ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; SINGLE PARENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049109889     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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