Healthcare utilization and expenditures for low income children with sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-267

  Raphael, Jean L ^a,c   Dietrich, Craig L ^b   Whitmire, Deborah ^b   Mahoney, Donald H ^a   Mueller, Brigitta U ^a   Giardino, Angelo P ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas Children's Health Plan   (United States)

^c Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare services utilization; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 59449101957     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21781     Document Type: Article

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