Managing the gap: Evaluating the impact of medicaid managed care on preventive care receipt by child and adolescent minority populations

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-111

  Eberly, Todd ^a   Davidoff, Amy ^b   Miller, Cheryl ^c  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c Oakley Center for Arts Humanities and Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Managed care; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MARYLAND; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249126493     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0246     Document Type: Article

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