Profile of Uninsured Children in the United States

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 398-406

  Holl, Jane L ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a   Rodewald, Lance E ^a,b   Byrd, Robert S ^a   Weitzman, Michael L ^a  

^a Division of General Pediatrics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028956233     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170160052008     Document Type: Article

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