Access to care for children with autism in the context of state Medicaid reimbursement

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1636-1644

  Thomas, Kathleen C ^a   Parish, Susan L ^b   Rose, Roderick A ^a   Kilany, Mona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Autism; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAID; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84871728703     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0862-1     Document Type: Article

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