Comparing different definitions of chronic conditions in a national data set

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-70

  Stein, Ruth E K ^a   Silver, Ellen J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Chronic conditions; Definitions; Disability; Population survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036358933     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0063:CDDOCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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