The unmet health needs of America's children

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 4 II, 2000, Pages 989-997

  Newacheck, Paul W ^a,b   Hughes, Dana C ^a,b   Hung, Yun Yi ^a   Wong, Sabrina ^a   Stoddard, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children; Unmet health needs; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034035789     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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