Evaluating the Impact of Managed Care on Service Use and Disparities in Care Among Children and Adolescents Receiving Medicaid

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2007-02

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Abstract

This policy brief, based on research conducted by Dr. Todd Eberly for his dissertation, examines whether a transition from fee-for-service to a managed care Medicaid program improved access to preventive well care services, and whether there were differential effects on service use for racial and ethnic minority youth.