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T he introduction of a managed-care programme in Maryland, US, led to reduced rates of avoidable * hospitalisations for paediatric Medicaid patients who were actively involved in the programme. This finding comes from an analysis of paediatric insurance-claim data collected from 3 years prior to, and 2 years after, the introduction of the fee-for-service managed-care programme in Maryland. The results of this analysis were presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Paediatric Academic Societies [ Washington, US; May 1997 ].
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* Avoidable hospitalisation was defined as the hospitalisation of a patient for a condition for which evidence exists that specific ambulatory-care modalities can reduce the need for hospitalisation for that condition.
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Higgins, G. Managed care cuts hospitalisations for paediatric Medicaid patients. Pharmacoecon. Outcomes News 117, 3–4 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03271712
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