Managed (not to) care: Medicaid and children with disabilities.
The emphasis that managed care programs place on cost containment complicates further the already complex setting for Medicaid health services for children with disabilities by adding an additional barrier to access care to those that already exist. A review considers the attitudes toward and working of Medicaid managed care arrangements for children in general and children with disabilities in particular.
Waldman
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Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8706, USA.
Perlman
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Swerdloff
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D000385:Aid to Families with Dependent Children / Q000191:economics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003363:Cost Control; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000191:economics*; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill / Q000191:economics; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000191:economics*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States