The relation of parent and provider characteristics to vaccination status of children in private practices and managed care organizations in Maryland

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-55

  Hughart, Nancy ^a   Strobino, Donna ^a   Holt, Elizabeth ^a   Guyer, Bernard ^a   Hou, William ^a   Huq, Ashraful ^a   Ross, Alan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization; Primary care; Provider practices; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REMINDER SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MARYLAND; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032618225     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199901000-00008     Document Type: Article

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