Primary Care Quality and Subsequent Emergency Department Utilization for Children in Wisconsin Medicaid

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Brousseau, David C ^a   Gorelick, Marc H ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Flores, Glenn ^a   Nattinger, Ann B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; pediatrics; quality of care; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 63449115849     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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