Medicaid Coverage in Early Childhood for Children With Sickle Cell Disease

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2421491. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.21491.

¹ Tracking California Program, Public Health Institute, Oakland.
² Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁴ Georgia Health Policy Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
⁵ Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Plain language summary

This cohort study examines patterns of Medicaid coverage in the first 3 years of life among children with sickle cell disease across 5 states.