Insurance coverage and prenatal care among low-income pregnant women: An assessment of states' adoption of the "unborn child" option in medicaid and CHIP

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-19

  Jarlenski, Marian P ^a   Bennett, Wendy L ^a,b   Barry, Colleen L ^a   Bleich, Sara N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

insurance; Medicaid; PRAMS; prenatal care; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDREN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; CONCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNBORN CHILD OPTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890330530     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000020     Document Type: Article

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