Community-based DM approach slashes incidence of lead poisoning in children.
While lead poisoning among children is on the decline, it is still a serious health problem that affects an estimated 930,000 children between the ages of one and five. Baltimore health care providers have--with great success--turned to the tools of disease management to cut blood lead levels in children while simultaneously cutting overall costs.
D015142:Baltimore; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002648:Child; D018672:Community Health Planning; D019468:Disease Management; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008484:Medicaid