Underinsurance and key health outcomes for children with special health care needs

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Oswald, Donald P ^a   Bodurtha, Joann N ^a,b   Willis, Janet H ^b   Moore, Melinda B ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Child health services; Health insurance coverage gaps; Special needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947119606     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2218     Document Type: Article

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