Anorectal malformations: Does healthcare meet the needs?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-215

  Hartman, Esther E ^a,b   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^b   Visser, Mechteld R M ^b   Oort, Frans J ^b   Hanneman, Marianne J G ^a,b   Van Heurn, L W Ernest ^c   De Langen, Zacharias J ^d   Madern, Gerard C ^e   Rieu, Paul N M A ^f   Van Der Zee, David C ^g   Looyaard, N ^h   Aronson, Daniel C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h Patient Association of Anorectal Malformation

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Care needs; Healthcare use; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23244456966     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000168993.21557.5d     Document Type: Article

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