Unmet Mental Health Need and Access to Services for Children With Special Health Care Needs and Their Families

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-438

  Inkelas, Moira ^a   Raghavan, Ramesh ^a   Larson, Kandyce ^a   Kuo, Alice A ^a   Ortega, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access; chronic illness; mental health; special health care needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35948954684     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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