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Correlates of Unintended Birth Among Low-Income Hispanic Immigrants at High Risk for Depression.

Christensen, Anna L.; Perry, Deborah F.; Le, Huynh-Nhu; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011

among younger women, single women and women not cohabiting with their partners, and women with more children. Additionally …

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Routine Emergency Department Use for Sick Care by Children in the United States

Halfon, Neal; Newacheck, Paul W.; Wood, David L.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 1996

departments by using a national sample of US children. …

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Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (Executive Summary)

Wooldridge, Judith; Kenney, Genevieve; Trenholm, Christopher - Mathematica Policy Research - 2005

Health and Human Services conduct an independent comprehensive study of the State Childrenâ€™s Health Insurance Program …

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Seclusion and Restraint Practices in Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth.

Brown, Jonathan D.; Barrett, Kirsten; Ireys, Henry T.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012

Using data from two national surveys, this article examines the extent to which residential treatment facilities consistently implement certain practices following incidents of seclusion or restraint. The study found that 76 percent of facilities reported having secluded or restrained youth in...

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Current and Emerging Issues in Medicaid Risk-Based Managed Care: Insights from an Expert Roundtable.

Gold, Marsha; Paradise, Julia - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012

/Medicaid dual eligible beneficiaries; and the impact of health reform on managed care organizations. …

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Provider Payment: Trends and Methods in the Massachusetts Health Care System.

Barrett, Allison; Lake, Timothy - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010

This report investigates provider payment methods in Massachusetts. Payments include fee-for-service, the predominant model; global payments, which pay providers a single fee for all or most required services during a contract period; and pay-for-performance models, which layer quality incentives...

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Medicaid Costs and Birth Outcomes: The Effects of Prenatal WIC Participation and the Use of Prenatal Care

Devaney, Barbara; Bilheimer, Linda; Schore, Jennifer - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008

This study examines the effects of prenatal WIC participation and the use of prenatal care on Medicaid costs and birth outcomes in five statesâ€”Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.

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A Review of Recent Findings on Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women

Howell, Embry M.; Heiser, Nancy; Harrington, Mary - Mathematica Policy Research - 1999

pregnancy; the factors in womenâ€™s lives, especially pregnant women, that lead to substance abuse and that facilitate and …

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Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Trenholm, Christopher; Devaney, Barbara; Fortson, Kenneth; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008

pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Based on an experimental design, the impact analysis uses survey data …

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Unintended Pregnancy and Perinatal Depression Trajectories in Low-Income, High-Risk Hispanic Immigrants.

Christensen, Anna L.; Stuart, Elizabeth A.; Perry, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011

This article identifies depressive symptom trajectories and heterogeneity in these trajectories during pregnancy and … through the first year postpartum, and examines the association between unintended pregnancy and depressive symptoms among low …-income Hispanic immigrants. Three distinct trajectory patterns of depressive symptoms were identified: high during pregnancy, but low …

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