Access to ambulatory care for adolescents: The role of a usual source of care

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-226

  Bartman, Barbara A ^a   Moy, Ernest ^a   D'Angelo, Lawrence J ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Adolescents; Ambulatory care; Usual source of care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031134982     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0466     Document Type: Article

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