Outcomes of specialized foster care in a managed child welfare services network

Child Welfare

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 533-564

  Cross, Theodore P ^a,b   Leavey, Joseph ^c   Mosley, Peggy R ^c   White, Andrew W ^d   Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic ^e  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Communities for People Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 12344328854     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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