Health insurance and the financial impact of IDDM in families with a child with IDDM

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-584

  Songer, Thomas J ^a   LaPorte, Ronald E ^a   Lave, Judith R ^a   Dorman, Janice S ^a   Becker, Dorothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0030984323     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.4.577     Document Type: Article

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