Quality of drug treatment of childhood persistent asthma in Maryland Medicaid recipients in transition from managed fee for service to managed capitation

Social Sciences

• fee-for-service 100%
• managed care 65%
• recipient 62%
• childhood 51%
• drug 50%
• medication 28%
• Quality of care 18%
• fee for service patient 16%
• health maintenance organizations 11%
• hospital services 11%
• exclusion criteria 11%
• International Classification 10%
• gatekeeper 9%
• trend 8%
• drug use 7%
• confidence 6%
• time 5%
• inclusion 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Fee-for-Service Plans 96%
• Medicaid 82%
• Asthma 58%
• Managed Care Programs 37%
• Pharmaceutical Preparations 30%
• Organizations 19%
• Child 14%
• Therapeutics 12%
• Pharmaceutical Fees 9%
• Quality of Health Care 8%
• Leukotriene Receptors 7%
• Transitional Care 6%
• Metered Dose Inhalers 6%
• Pharmaceutical Services 5%
• Health Maintenance Organizations 5%
• Nebulizers and Vaporizers 5%
• International Classification of Diseases 4%
• Pharmacy 4%
• Quality Improvement 4%
• Cystic Fibrosis 4%
• Mast Cells 4%
• Sample Size 4%
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones 3%
• Primary Health Care 3%
• Observation 3%
• Cohort Studies 3%
• Retrospective Studies 3%
• Confidence Intervals 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Indicator 65%
• Drug 39%
• Adrenal Cortex Hormone 11%
• Time 6%
• Modification 5%