Policy versus practice: Comparison of prescribing therapy and durable medical equipment in medical and educational settings

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Sneed, Raphael C ^a,b   May, Warren L ^b   Stencel, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disabled children; Early intervention (education); Physician's practice patterns; Rehabilitation; Special education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARM; AUTHORITY; BRACE; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAND; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEG; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REHABILITATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644367507     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1063     Document Type: Review

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