Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Trend and Expenditure in Louisiana Medicaid, 2003–2013

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1479-1487

  Okoroh, Ekwutosi M ^a   Gee, Rebekah E ^a,b   Jiang, Baogong ^a   McNeil, Melissa B ^c   Hardy Decuir, Beverly A ^a   Zapata, Amy L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Expenditure; Mental illness; Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Prenatal drug exposure; Treatment programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICAID; MOTHER; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICAID; MOTHERS; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011672647     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-017-2268-1     Document Type: Article

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