Does Medicaid Managed Care Help Equalize Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Utilization?

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 872-891

  Marton, James ^a   Yelowitz, Aaron ^b   Shores, Meredith ^b   Talbert, Jeffery C ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

child health; health care disparities; managed care; Medicaid; race ethnicity; utilization of services

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; INSURANCE; KENTUCKY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KENTUCKY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957109361     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12396     Document Type: Article

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