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- Big Debate. // Orange County Business Journal;8/13/2007, Vol. 30 Issue 33, p12
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- NGA says states can't sustain growth in Medicaid spending. // AHA News;6/27/2005, Vol. 41 Issue 13, p3
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- Washington Improves Health Care Quality. // Policy & Practice (19426828);Dec2005, Vol. 63 Issue 4, p8
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- CHIPRA Now Covers Legal Immigrant Children, Pregnant Women. // Economic Opportunity Report;2010, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p29
The article focuses on the provision of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) which covers legal immigrant children and pregnant women in the U.S. It notes that the provision allows states to decide whether to change their existing state policies to take advantage...
- To Use or Not to Use. Washington, Donna L.; Yano, Elizabeth M.; Simon, Barbara; Su Sun // JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine;Mar2006 Supplement 3, Vol. 21, pS11
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Effects of advances in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) women's health care on women veterans' health care decision making are unknown. Our objective was to determine why women veterans use or do not use VA health care. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional survey...
- Quality of Care for Women Undergoing a Hysterectomy: Effects of Insurance and Race/Ethnicity. Hakim, Rosemarie B.; Benedict, M. Beth; Merrick, Nancy J. // American Journal of Public Health;Aug2004, Vol. 94 Issue 8, p1399
Objective. We assessed the quality of hospital care for women who underwent a hysterectomy to compare Medicaid-covered women with privately insured women and minority women with White women. Methods. We evaluated medical decisions, inpatient care, quality of inpatient care, and outcomes....
