Effects of family structure on children's use of ambulatory visits and prescription medications

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1895-1914

  Chen, Alex Y ^a   Escarce, José J ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health care; Family structure; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748945561     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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