Containing costs and improving care for children in medicaid and CHIP: An estimated 10 percent of enrolled children—most of whom are chronically ill—account for 72 percent of these programs’ spending on children’s health

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages w1025-w1036

  Kenney, Genevieve M ^a   Ruhter, Joel ^b   Selden, Thomas M ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFANT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955173262     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.w1025     Document Type: Article

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