Medical care services for people with intellectual disabilities living in the general community: A cross-sectional survey of inpatient care utilization in Taiwan, 2001

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1411-1416

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Loh, Chia Hui ^b   Yen, Chia Feng ^c   Li, Chi Wei ^a   Chwo, Miao Ju ^a   Wu, Jia Ling ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inpatient care; Intellectual disability; Medical care utilization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TAIWAN; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34548304313     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600999576     Document Type: Article

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