Source of bias in prenatal care utilization indices: implications for evaluating the Medicaid expansion. | Zendy

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Source of bias in prenatal care utilization indices: implications for evaluating the Medicaid expansion.

Author(s) -

Greg R. Alexander,

Mark E. Tompkins,

Donna J. Petersen,

Judith Weiss

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.8.1013

Subject(s) - medicaid , prenatal care , missing data , medicine , gestational age , pregnancy , demography , family medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , population , health care , statistics , mathematics , sociology , biology , economics , genetics , economic growth

Recent expansions in eligibility for coverage of prenatal care services by the Medicaid program reflect national initiatives to improve pregnancy outcomes. This study investigates the potential impact that completeness of reporting of prenatal care and gestational age variables and strategies to impute missing data may have on evaluations of the Medicaid expansion.

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