Open AccessRural American Indian Medicaid Health Care Services Use and Health Care Costs in California
Author(s) -
Sabrina T. Wong,
Chi Hsiu-Juei Kao,
James A. Crouch,
Carol C. Korenbrot
Publication year - 2006
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.2004.050880
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , emergency department , residence , population , medical prescription , ambulatory , health care , gerontology , ambulatory care , payment , demography , environmental health , family medicine , business , nursing , economic growth , finance , sociology , economics
We determined differences in Medicaid service use and health care costs in a rural Indian Health Service (IHS) user population of American Indians and Alaska Natives as compared with Whites.