Emergency department use among Michigan children with special health care needs: An introductory study

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 665-692

  Pollack, Harold A ^a   Dombkowski, Kevin J ^b   Zimmerman, Janet B ^c   Davis, Matthew M ^d   Cowan, Anne E ^b   Wheeler, John R ^e   Hillemeier, A Craig ^b   Freed, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^d Division of General Pediatrics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Chronic illness; Emergency department; Medicaid; Title V

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMOPHILIA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542480797     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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