Determinants of health care utilization for respiratory symptoms in the first year of life

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 746-752

  De Jong, Brita M ^b   Van Der Ent, Cornelis K ^b   Van Putte Katier, Nienke ^b   Van Der Zalm, Marieke M ^b   Verheij, Theo J M ^b   Kimpen, Jan L L ^b   Numans, Mattijs E ^b   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^a,b  

^a WHISTLER Study Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Health behavior; Infant health; Pulmonary disease; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DAY CARE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547563240     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180546879     Document Type: Article

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