Lapses in medicaid coverage: Impact on cost and utilization among individuals with diabetes enrolled in medicaid

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1219-1225

  Hall, Allyson G ^a,b   Harman, Jeffrey S ^a   Zhang, Jianyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Churning; Coverage lapses; Diabetes; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649100395     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817d695c     Document Type: Article

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