Do practice-based preventive child health services affect the use of hospitals? A cross-sectional study of hospital use by children in east London

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 450, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Hull, Sally ^a   Harvey, Charlotte ^b   Sturdy, Patricia ^b   Carter, Yvonne ^b   Naish, Jeannette ^b   Pereira, Filomena ^b   Ball, Clive ^b   Parsons, Luise ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Child health surveillance; Hospital; Inner city; Visiting hours

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033985789     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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