Medicaid enrollment policy increased smoking cessation among pregnant women but had no impact on birth outcomes

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 997-1005

  Jarlenski, Marian ^a,b   Bleich, Sara N ^a   Bennett, Wendy L ^c   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^a   Barry, Colleen L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING CESSATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; INSURANCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901981350     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1167     Document Type: Article

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