Barriers to the use of preventive health care services for children

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-77

  Riportella Muller, Roberta ^a   Selby Harrington, Maija L ^b   Richardson, Lenora A ^b   Donat, Patricia L N ^c   Luchok, Katkryn J ^d   Quade, Dana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAID; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030067925     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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