Interorganizational disparities in foster care service provision

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-525

  McBeath, Bowen ^a,b   Meezan, William ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Foster care; Managed care; Performance contracting; Service disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249106319     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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