Monitoring duration of coverage in medicaid and CHIP to assess program performance and quality

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Kenney, Genevieve M ^a   Pelletier, Jennifer E ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative enrollment files; child health care quality; Children's Health Insurance Program; duration of health insurance coverage; Medicaid; MSIS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDREN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAID;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955943374     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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