Continuity of insurance coverage and ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations/ED visits: Evidence from the children's health insurance program

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 963-973

  Becker, David J ^a   Blackburn, Justin L ^a   Kilgore, Meredith L ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^a   Sen, Bisakha ^a   Caldwell, Cathy ^b   Menachemi, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Children's Health Insurance Program; continuity of coverage; quality

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DEHYDRATION; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE INFECTION; PHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALABAMA; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 80053235308     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811410229     Document Type: Article

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