Racial and ethnic disparities in early childhood health and health care

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Flores, Glenn ^a,b   Olson, Lynn ^c   Tomany Korman, Sandra C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Children; Disparities; Ethnicity; Hispanics; Minorities; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD REARING; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844404033     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1474     Document Type: Review

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