Health care utilization, access, and expenditures for infants and young children with special health care needs

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Houtrow, Amy J ^a,c   Kim, Sue E ^a,b   Newacheck, Paul W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial burden; Health care access; Infants and young children with special health care needs; Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149135595     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IYC.0000314486.92699.88     Document Type: Article

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