Utilization of well-child care services for African-American infants in a low-income community: Results of a randomized, controlled case management/home visitation intervention

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 999-1005

  Schuster, Mark A ^a,b   Wood, David L ^a,d   Duan, Naihua ^a   Mazel, Rebecca M ^a   Sherbourne, Cathy D ^a   Halfon, Neal ^a,b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Case management; Home visitation; Utilization; Well child care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031864862     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.6.999     Document Type: Article

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