Continuity of primary care clinician in early childhood

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 6 II, 2004, Pages 1917-1925

  Inkelas, Moira ^a,b,f   Schuster, Mark A ^a,b,c   Olson, Lynn M ^d   Park, Christina H ^e   Halfon, Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^e Anasys Inc   (United States)

^f Anasys Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Clinician; Continuity of care; Health services

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542597743     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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