Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2-2012
Keywords
PREP, CHA, PNMI, Pediatric Rapid Evaluation Program, private non-medical institutions, comprehensive health assessment
Publication Title
Improving Health Outcomes for Children Evaluation
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to inform IHOC program planning with baseline data on the health care use and expenditures of MaineCare children in the foster care program in general and to compare use and costs for foster care children that receive comprehensive health assessments through the Edmund N. Ervin Pediatric Center’s Pediatric Rapid Evaluation Program (PREP), and those that do not. In 2011, other organizations including Key Clinic at Penobscot Pediatrics in Bangor and the Portland-based Spurwink Services program also began conducting comprehensive health assessments for children in foster care. However, because of the timing of this study, this report only analyzes children that received comprehensive health assessments through the PREP program.
Funding Organization
The study was funded by a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through Section 401 (d) of the Child Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA).
Recommended Citation
Ziller, Erika C. PhD; Gressani, Tina; McGuire, Catherine BS; Fox, Kimberley S. MPA; and Chamberlain, Kyra MS, RN, "Health Status, Service Use and Cost among MaineCare Children in Foster Care" (2012). Population Health & Health Policy. 39.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/healthpolicy/39
