Profile of Medicaid enrollees with sickle cell disease: A high need, high cost population.

Sickle cell disease is a progressively debilitating genetic condition that affects red blood cells and can result in a variety of serious medical complications, reduced life expectancy, and diminished quality of life. Medicaid nationwide covered 66 percent of sickle cell disease hospitalizations in...

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Main Authors: April Grady, Anthony Fiori, Dhaval Patel, Jessica Nysenbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257796