Validity of maternal report of acute health care use for children younger than 3 years

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-172

  D'Souza Vazirani, Deborah ^a   Minkovitz, Cynthia S ^a   Strobino, Donna M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 13244265644     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.2.167     Document Type: Article

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