Open AccessSource of bias in prenatal care utilization indices: implications for evaluating the Medicaid expansion.
Author(s) -
Greg R. Alexander,
Mark E. Tompkins,
Donna J. Petersen,
J. 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.