Patient visits to a national practice-based research network: Comparing Pediatric Research in Office Settings with the national ambulatory medical care survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Slora, Eric J ^a   Thoma, Kathleen A ^a   Wasserman, Richard C ^a,b   Pedlow, Steven E ^c   Bocian, Alison B ^a  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Child health; Health services research; Practice based research; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 33748420396     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0701     Document Type: Review

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