Effects of a pregnancy management program on birth outcomes in managed medicaid

Managed Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mason, Mary V ^a   Poole Yaeger, Amy ^a   Lucas, Brad ^a   Krueger, Cathie R ^a   Ahmed, Tamim ^a   Duncan, Ian ^b  

^a CENTENE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79958147382     PISSN: 10623388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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