Pediatrician Practices Regarding Referral to Early Intervention Services: Is an Established Diagnosis Important?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Silverstein, Michael ^a,e   Sand, Nina ^b,e   Glascoe, Frances P ^a,b,c,d,e   Gupta, Vidya B ^c,e   Tonniges, Thomas P ^d,e   O'Connor, Karen G ^d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

children with special health care needs; developmental disability; developmental screening; early intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645745509     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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