Improving access to health care for foster children: The illinois model

Child Welfare

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-238

  Jaudes, Paula Kienberger ^a,b,c,d   Bilaver, Lucy A ^d   Goerge, Robert M ^d,e   Masterson, James ^f   Catania, Charles ^g,h  

^a Illinois Dept Fam Serv   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Chicago Department of Health   (United States)

^g Hamilton Bell Associates ^*  (United States)

^h Hamilton Bell Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 3042735745     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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