Parents' reports of barriers to care for children with special health care needs: Development and validation of the barriers to care questionnaire

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-331

  Seid, Michael ^a   Sobo, Elisa J ^b   Gelhard, Leticia R ^b   Varni, James W ^c,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Children with special health care needs; Measurement; Parent report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043180563     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A03-198R.1     Document Type: Article

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