Parent's language of interview and access to care for children with special health care needs

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Yu, Stella M ^a   Nyman, Rebecca M ^b   Kogan, Michael D ^a   Huang, Zhihuan J ^a   Schwalberg, Renee H ^b  

^a Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^b Maternal/Child Health Info Rsrc Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children with special health care needs; Immigrants; Language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 1842425012     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A03-094R.1     Document Type: Article

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