Relationship Between Social Inequalities and Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Hospitalizations Persists for up to 9 Years among Children Born in a Major Canadian Urban Center

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-262

  Agha, Mohammad M ^a,b   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c   Guttmann, Astrid ^b,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ambulatory care sensitive; birth cohort; follow up; hospitalization; social inequality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34248589081     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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