Transcranial doppler screening of medicaid-insured children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 188-190.e1

  Bundy, David G ^a   Abrams, Michael T ^b   Strouse, John J ^c   Mueller, Carl H ^b   Miller, Marlene R ^c,d,e   Casella, James F ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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

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

^e Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

Author keywords

MCO Managed care organization; PCP Primary care provider; SCD Sickle cell disease; TCD Transcranial Doppler; WCC Well child care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; METHODS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964285767     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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