Hospital and emergency department use by young low-income children

Nursing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 253-261

  Polivka, Barbara J ^a   Nickel, Jennie T ^a   Salsberry, Pamela J ^a   Kuthy, Raymond ^a   Shapiro, Nancy ^b   Slack, Carolyn ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University ^*

Author keywords

Children's emergency department use; Children's hospital use; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PATIENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034263513     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200009000-00004     Document Type: Article

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