Healthcare utilization for acute and chronic diseases of young, school-age children in the rural and non-rural setting

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-498

  Cayce, Kimberly A ^a   Krowchuk, Daniel P ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Camacho, Fabian T ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^b   Fleischer, Alan B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 22044453701     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400604     Document Type: Article

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