Strategies for improving pediatric services in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Ding, Hansheng ^a,b   Koinuma, Nobuo ^a   Ito, Michiya ^a   Nakamura, Toshihito ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fewer children; Health manpower; Health policy; Health services accessibility; Pediatricians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244480552     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.195     Document Type: Article

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