Gaining ground: the impact of Medicaid and WIC on infant mortality. Academic Article

abstract

• This research provides a statistical estimation of the impact of the Medicaid and WIC programs on the infant mortality rate in the United States. These programs are designed to improve the health of poor people by increasing access to traditional medical care and by improving the nutritional values of diets. Using a quasi-experimental, time-series analysis, program impacts are estimated for all infants, white infants, and nonwhite infants. The results suggest that these federal programs are responsible for a 20,000 to 35,000 annual reduction in infant deaths.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• Am Polit Q

author list (cited authors)

• Copeland, G. W., & Meier, K. J.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Copeland, GW||Meier, KJ

publication date

• April 1987

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• American Politics Research  Journal

keywords

• Child Welfare
• Demography
• History, Modern 1601-
• Public Health
• State Medicine
• Statistics As Topic
• United States

PubMed Central ID

• 11616537

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/004478087015002004

start page

• 254

end page

• 273

volume

• 15

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1177%2F004478087015002004

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being