title: The ups and downs for children with chronic illnesses.
abstract: Children with chronic illnesses have the same basic need for preventive care as their healthy peers. In Michigan a Medicaid Physician Sponsor Plan was established to provide that care for this special population. Incentives and barriers for both physicians and families were identified as well as the advantages to providing care in a managed care delivery system.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friebe
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics*; D003153:Community Health Services; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008824:Michigan; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States