Impact of financial incentives for prenatal care on birth outcomes and spending

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1465-1479

  Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a   Li, Zhonghe ^b   Robertson, Audra D ^b   Milstein, Arnold ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Mercer Health Benefits LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Financial incentives; Managed care; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRENATAL CARE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69749111266     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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