Emergency Department utilization by children in foster care

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-106

  Jee, Sandra H ^a,c   Antonucci, Toni C ^b   Aida, Masahiko ^b   Szilagyi, Moira A ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Foster care; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 16344388391     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-068R.1     Document Type: Article

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