Medicaid and Pregnant Women: Who is Being Enrolled and When

Medicaid eligibility expansions and improved enrollment procedures for pregnant women during the late 1980s are examined in this article. Results show that the number of births financed by Medicaid has increased dramatically, and that women are enrolling earlier in the course of pregnancy. Neverthel...

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Autores principales: Ellwood, Marilyn Rymer, Kenney, Genevieve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1995
Materias:
Access to Health Services for Vulnerable Populations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10157381
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description Medicaid eligibility expansions and improved enrollment procedures for pregnant women during the late 1980s are examined in this article. Results show that the number of births financed by Medicaid has increased dramatically, and that women are enrolling earlier in the course of pregnancy. Nevertheless, problems continue to exist. If substantial numbers of women continue to enroll late in pregnancy, the expansions may not promote significantly earlier use of prenatal care.
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spelling pubmed-41935592014-11-04 Medicaid and Pregnant Women: Who is Being Enrolled and When Ellwood, Marilyn Rymer Kenney, Genevieve Health Care Financ Rev Access to Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Medicaid eligibility expansions and improved enrollment procedures for pregnant women during the late 1980s are examined in this article. Results show that the number of births financed by Medicaid has increased dramatically, and that women are enrolling earlier in the course of pregnancy. Nevertheless, problems continue to exist. If substantial numbers of women continue to enroll late in pregnancy, the expansions may not promote significantly earlier use of prenatal care. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1995 /pmc/articles/PMC4193559/ /pubmed/10157381 Text en
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