Rural/urban differences in barriers to and burden of care for children with special health care needs

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-157

  Skinner, Asheley Cockrell ^a   Slifkin, Rebecca T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33947663487     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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