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. 2002 Mar;92(3):399-403.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.3.399.

Improving the health of infants on Medicaid by collocating special supplemental nutrition clinics with managed care provider sites

Alan P Kendal  1 , Alwin Peterson, Claudine Manning, Fujie Xu, Loretta J Neville, Carol Hogue
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Improving the health of infants on Medicaid by collocating special supplemental nutrition clinics with managed care provider sites

Alan P Kendal et al. Am J Public Health. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: This study tested whether collocation of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics at managed care provider sites improved health care for infants enrolled in Medicaid and WIC.

Methods: Weights and immunization rates were studied for the 1997 birth cohort of African American infants enrolled in WIC and Medicaid in Detroit, Mich. Infants using traditional WIC clinics and health services were compared with those enrolled under Medicaid in 2 managed care organizations (MCOs), of whom about half obtained WIC services at MCO provider sites.

Results: Compared with other infants, those who used collocated WIC sites either were closer to their age-appropriate weight or had higher immunization rates when recertified by WIC after their first birthday. Specific benefits (weight gain or immunizations) varied according to the priorities at the collocated sites operated by the 2 MCOs.

Conclusions: Collocation of WIC clinics at MCO sites can improve health care of low-income infants. However specific procedures for cooperation between WIC staff and other MCO staff are required to achieve this benefit.

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Detroit Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) visits (excluding those for only food vouchers) by infants younger than 60 weeks eligible for WIC in the first quarter of 1997.
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