Health insurance status and ambulatory care for children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 20, 1994, Pages 1421-1425

  Stoddard, Jeffrey J ^a   Peter, Robert F ^b   Newacheck, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTALGIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EAR DISEASES; EARACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNGITIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028297995     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199405193302006     Document Type: Article

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