A national assessment of children with special health care needs: Prevalence of special needs and use of health care services among children in the military health system

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 384-393

  Williams, Thomas V ^a,d   Schone, Eric M ^b   Archibald, Nancy D ^b   Thompson, Joseph W ^c  

^a Center for Health Care Management Studies   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; CSHCN screener; Military health system; Service use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 3442884207     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.114.2.384     Document Type: Article

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