Comparing a diagnosis list with a survey method to identify children with chronic conditions in an urban health center

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-62

  Kuhlthau, Karen A ^a,c   Beal, Anne C ^a   Ferris, Timothy G ^a,b   Perrin, James M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSGENERAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic conditions; Definition; Diagnoses

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW ENGLAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036366759     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0058:CADLWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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