Beyond health plans: Behavioral health disorders and quality of diabetes and asthma care for medicaid beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-552

  Clark, Robin E ^a,b   Weir, Sharada ^a,b   Ouellette, Rebecca A ^a   Zhang, Jianying ^a   Baxter, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a Center for Health Policy and Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diabetes; Mental health; Quality of care; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549127181     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318190db45     Document Type: Article

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