Developing a measure of unmet health care needs for a pediatric population

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-34

  Liberatos, Penny ^a   Elinson, Jack ^a,b   Schaffzin, Tracy ^a   Packer, Jaclyn ^a,c   Jessop, Dorothy Jones ^a  

^a Med/Hlth Res Assoc NY City Inc   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Sch of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c American Foundation for the Blind   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Adolescents; Children; Health care needs; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033627742     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200001000-00004     Document Type: Article

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