Socioeconomic Disparities Are Negatively Associated with Pediatric Emergency Department Aftercare Compliance

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1278-1284

  Wang, N Ewen ^a,e   Gisondi, Michael A ^b   Golzari, Mana ^a   Van der Vlugt, Theresa M ^a,c   Tuuli, Methodius ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Emergency medicine; Follow up studies; Logistic models; Pediatrics; Social class

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0242413951     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00499-8     Document Type: Article

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