Racial disparities in economic and clinical outcomes of pregnancy among medicaid recipients

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1518-1525

  Zhang, Shun ^a   Cardarelli, Kathryn ^b   Shim, Ruth ^a   Ye, Jiali ^a   Booker, Karla L ^a   Rust, George ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse maternal child health outcomes and eliminating disparities; Disparities; Economic burden; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885954659     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1162-0     Document Type: Article

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