Mental Health Services Use among School-Aged Children with Disabilities: The Role of Sociodemographics, Functional Limitations, Family Burdens, and Care Coordination

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1441-1466

  Witt, Whitney P ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^b   Riley, Anne W ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Children; Disabilities; Family burden; Mental health services; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0347651505     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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