Access to care and children's primary care experiences: Results from a prospective cohort study

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6 I, 2005, Pages 1758-1780

  Seid, Michael ^a   Stevens, Gregory D ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children; Health care quality; Health disparities; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 29144527022     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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