Why parents seek medical evaluations for their children with mild acute illnesses

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-251

  Voigt, Robert G ^a   Johnson, Shirley K ^a   Hashikawa, Andrew H ^a   Mellon, Michael W ^a   Campeau, Lynnelle J ^a   Williams, Arthur R ^a   Yawn, Barbara P ^b   Juhn, Young J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Child health services; Health policy; Medical evaluation; Parents

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40349103427     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807308254     Document Type: Article

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