Use of health care among adults with chronic and complex physical disabilities of childhood

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1455-1460

  Young, Nancy L ^a,b,c   Steele, Catherine ^d   Fehlings, Darcy ^b,d   Jutai, Jeffery ^e   Olmsted, Nancy ^a,b   Williams, J Ivan ^b,c,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Cerebral palsy; Disability evaluation; Health services research; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISABLED PERSONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 31744433564     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500218946     Document Type: Article

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