Medical home and out-of-pocket medical costs for children with special health care needs

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 892-900

  Porterfield, Shirley L ^a   DeRigne, LeaAnne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Health care costs; Insurance; Medical home; Out of pocket costs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80355131108     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1307     Document Type: Article

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