Disparities for Latino children in the timely receipt of medical care

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Brousseau, David C ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Yauck, Jennifer ^a   Nattinger, Ann B ^a   Flores, Glenn ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disparities; Latino; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; TIME;

EID: 28944451790     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-203R1.1     Document Type: Article

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