Preventive care for children in the United States: Quality and barriers

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2006, Pages 491-515

  Chung, Paul J ^a,b   Lee, Tim C ^a   Morrison, Janina L ^b   Schuster, Mark A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Infant; Primary health care; Well child care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645800997     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.27.021405.102155     Document Type: Review

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