Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , January 2009

Health Insurance Discontinuities Among Adolescents Leaving Foster Care

  • Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
    • ,
  • Peichang Shi, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Gregory A. Aarons, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California–San Diego, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Scott C. Roesch, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • J. Curtis McMillen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Received 19 February 2008 ,Accepted 10 August 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00348-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.008

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , January 2009

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