Open AccessChild Participation in WIC: Medicaid Costs and Use of Health Care Services
Author(s) -
Paul A. Buescher,
Stephanie J. Horton,
Barbara Devaney,
Sarah J. Roholt,
Alice Lenihan,
J. Timothy Whitmire,
Jonathan B. Kotch
Publication year - 2003
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.93.1.145
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , health care , low income , environmental health , family medicine , gerontology , socioeconomics , sociology , economics , economic growth
We used data from birth certificates, Medicaid, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to examine the relationship of child participation in WIC to Medicaid costs and use of health care services in North Carolina.