Associations of Homelessness With Primary Care and Acute Care Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Youth.

Background: Youth comprise one-third of the US homeless population. However, little is known about how homelessness affects health care utilization.

Objective: Examine associations of homelessness with hospitalization, primary care, and ED visits, varying by race/ethnicity, among Medicaid-enrolled youth.

Differential associations of homelessness with emergency department visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender.

Objective: To investigate the differential associations of homelessness with emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender.

Data Sources: California Medicaid enrollment and claims.

Study Design: We identified beneficiaries experiencing homelessness (BEH) and those who did not (NBEH) using diagnosis and place of service codes and residential addresses.

Distribution and determinants of pneumonia diagnosis using Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines: a nationally representative study in Malawi.

Background: Pneumonia remains the leading cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy was developed to standardise care in low-income and middle-income countries for major childhood illnesses and can effectively improve healthcare worker performance. Suboptimal clinical evaluation can result in missed diagnoses and excess morbidity and mortality.