Patterns of health care use that may identify young children who are at risk for maltreatment

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1303-1308

  Friedlaender, Eron Y ^a   Rubin, David M ^a   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^a   Mandell, David S ^a,b   Christian, Cindy W ^a   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Health service use; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; OFFICE VISITS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644692698     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1988     Document Type: Article

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