Role of insurance for children with special health care needs: A synthesis of the evidence

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Jeffrey, Aimee E ^a   Newacheck, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Health care delivery access; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33750127307     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2527     Document Type: Article

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