Improving healthcare for children entering foster care

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 123-144

  Risley Curtiss, Christina ^a,c   Stites, Belva ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Administration for Children Youth and Families   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 35348938966     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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