Predictors of children's healthcare use: The value of child versus parental perspectives on healthcare needs

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-238

  Forrest, Christopher B ^a,d   Riley, Anne W ^a   Vivier, Patrick M ^b   Gordon, Nancy P ^c   Starfield, Barbara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; CHIP CE; Health services needs; Health status; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 2142817262     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000115196.02425.05     Document Type: Article

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