Effect of hospital-based comprehensive care clinic on health costs for medicaid-insured medically complex children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-398

  Casey, Patrick H ^a   Lyle, Robert E ^a   Bird, Tommy M ^a   Robbins, James M ^a   Kuo, Dennis Z ^a   Brown, Carrie ^a   Lal, Arti ^a   Tanios, Aline ^a   Burns, Katherine ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARKANSAS; CHILD, EXCEPTIONAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955562955     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.5     Document Type: Article

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