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Child participation in WIC: Medicaid costs and use of health care services

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  • Buescher, P.A.
  • Horton, S.J.
  • Devaney, B.L.
  • Roholt, S.J.
  • Lenihan, A.J.
  • Timothy Whitmire, J.
  • Kotch, J.B.

Abstract

Objectives. We used data from birth certificates, Medicaid, and the Special Supple-mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to examine the relationship of child participation in WIC to Medicaid costs and use of health care services in North Carolina. Methods. We linked Medicaid enrollment, Medicaid paid claims, and WIC participation files to birth certificates for children born in North Carolina in 1992. We used multiple regression analysis to estimate the effects of WIC participation on the use of health care services and Medicaid costs. Results. Medicaid-enrolled children participating in the WIC program showed greater use of all types of health care services compared with Medicaid-enrolled children who were not WIC participants. Conclusions. The health care needs of low-income children who participate in WIC may be better met than those of low-income children not participating in WIC.

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  • Buescher, P.A. & Horton, S.J. & Devaney, B.L. & Roholt, S.J. & Lenihan, A.J. & Timothy Whitmire, J. & Kotch, J.B., 2003. "Child participation in WIC: Medicaid costs and use of health care services," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(1), pages 145-150.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:1:145-150_5
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    1. Jens Ludwig & Matthew Miller, 2005. "Interpreting the WIC debate," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(4), pages 691-701.
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    3. Matthew J. Landry & Kim Phan & Jared T. McGuirt & Alek Ostrander & Lilian Ademu & Mia Seibold & Kathleen McCallops & Tara Tracy & Sheila E. Fleischhacker & Allison Karpyn, 2021. "USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Vendor Criteria: An Examination of US Administrative Agency Variations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-21, March.
    4. Manan Roy, 2012. "Identifying the Effect of WIC on Infant Health When Participation is Endogenous and Misreported," Departmental Working Papers 1202, Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics.
    5. Fox, Mary Kay & Hamilton, William L. & Lin, Biing-Hwan, 2004. "Effects Of Food Assistance And Nutrition Programs On Nutrition And Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary Of The Literature Review," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33871, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Silvie Colman & Ira P. Nichols-Barrer & Julie E. Redline & Barbara L. Devaney & Sara V. Ansell & Ted Joyce, "undated". "Effects of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A Review of Recent Research," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 6062ed150f6b42a1bd0e9b5d6, Mathematica Policy Research.

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