Telemedicine reduces absence resulting from illness in urban child care: Evaluation of an innovation

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1273-1282

  McConnochie, Kenneth M ^a   Wood, Nancy E ^a   Kitzman, Harriet J ^a   Herendeen, Neil E ^a   Roy, Jason ^a   Roghmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child care; Health services research; Illness; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EDUCATION; EYE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAID; NOSE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STETHOSCOPE; TELEMEDICINE; THROAT; URBAN AREA; ABSENTEEISM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; DAY CARE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY AREAS; TELEMEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 25144521019     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0335     Document Type: Article

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