Primary-care visits and hospitalizations for ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions in an inner-city health care system

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Steiner, John F ^a   Braun, Patricia A ^b   Melinkovich, Paul ^b   Glazner, Judith E ^a   Chandramouli, Vijayalaxmi ^a   LeBaron, Charles W ^c   Davidson, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health services; Pediatric hospitalizations; Preventive care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0347531466     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0324:PVAHFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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