Determining the effect of newborn hearing screening legislation: An analysis of state hearing screening rates

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-205

  Green, Denise R ^a   Gaffney, Marcus ^a   Devine, Owen ^a   Grosse, Scott D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEARING DISORDER; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34047268325     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200209     Document Type: Article

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