Health insurance for low-income working families: Effect on the provision of immunizations to preschool-age children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 798-803

  Rodewald, Lance E ^a,b,c   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a   Holl, Jane ^a   Shone, Laura R ^a   Zwanziger, Jack ^b   Raubertas, Richard F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030833730     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170450048007     Document Type: Article

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