Among pregnant mothers with less education, I found an increase in the adequacy of prenatal care utilization. Conclusions Expanded Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has the potential to increase a woman's health insurance coverage prior to pregnancy, as well as her insurance coverage and ...
Family Structure, Socioeconomic Status, and Access to Health Care for Children Objective. To test the hypothesis that among children of lower socioeconomic status (SES), children of single mothers would have relatively worse access to... KE Heck,JD Parker - 《Health Services Research》 被引量:...
Mississippi will allowearlier Medicaid coverageduring pregnancy to try to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the worst rate ofinfant mortalityin the U.S. The “presumptive eligibility” law says Medicaid will pay for a ...
When Medicaid was first established in 1965 the low-income families covered by the program generally were headed by single mothers receiving welfare benefits. In the 1980s Congress broke the welfare-Medicaid link by first allowing and later requiring states to extend eligibility for Medicaid-covered ...
Also commonly referred to as out-of-pocket spending, cost-sharing refers to the payment requirements for individuals under Medicaid who may have a slightly higher income than the federal poverty level. Most children, pregnant women, and severely disabled adults are not subject to cost-sharing ...
An examination of racial and ethnic differences within a sample of Hispanic, White (Non-Hispanic), and African American Medicaid-eligible pregnant substance abusers: The MOTHERS project White (n = 213), African American (n = 210), and Hispanic (n = 104) Medicaid-eligible, chemically-dependent...
The large improvements in timely postpartum care may be attributed to CHWs partnering with mothers to create a reproductive life plan during pregnancy and use an interactive education tool, Empower Yourself to be Healthy Mom, to engage in planning for postnatal care. This study adds to the ...
children had to be involved — a rule left over from the era in which welfare was aimed at families lacking a breadwinner. Pregnant women, babies, grade-schoolers, and their mothers have thus made up the majority of enrollees in this category, with some states more willing than others to ...
Maternal mortality escalated 16 percent over the course of a single year from 2018 to 2019. More than six women died for every 1,000 births. Moreover, one in three new mothers continues to faceuninsuranceat some point during their pregnancies, despite Medicaid expansion. Hispanic w...
The sample included Medicaid participants with a single gestation and valid depression data who were enrolled in Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns 2, a national preterm birth prevention program, from 2013 to 2017 (N = 37,287; 85% of total enrollment). Depression rates in Strong Start were...