Rethinking well-child care in the United States: An international comparison

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1692-1702

  Kuo, Alice A ^a,d   Inkelas, Moira ^b   Lotstein, Debra S ^a   Samson, Kyra M ^a   Schor, Edward L ^c   Halfon, Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental care; Preventive health care visits; Preventive services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; INFANT; JAPAN; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750114754     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0620     Document Type: Article

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