Parents' health and demographic characteristics predict noncompliance with well-child visits

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 324-331

  Jhanjee, Ishani ^a   Saxeena, Deepti ^a   Arora, Jaspal ^a   Gjerdingen, Dwenda K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; WORK; AMBULATORY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MEMORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMORY; OFFICE VISITS; PARENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 16544385620     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.5.324     Document Type: Article

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