Quality Improvements in Primary Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Use of a Brief Screening Measure

Children's Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-285

  Farmer, Janet E ^a   Marien, Wendi E ^a   Frasier, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0345283248     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326888CHC3204_3     Document Type: Article

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