Impact of 17P usage on NICU admissions in a managed medicaid population - A five-year review

Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mason, Mary V ^a   Poole Yaeger, Amy ^a   Krueger, Cathie R ^a   House, Kara M ^a   Lucas, Brad ^a  

^a CENTENE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

17P; Managed medicaid; preterm Birth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951969897     PISSN: 10623388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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