Medical aid program for chronic pediatric diseases of specified categories in Japan: Current status and future prospects

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-387

  Gu, Yan Hong ^a   Kato, Tadaaki ^a   Harada, Shohei ^a   Sato, Yuki ^a   Kakee, Naoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic pediatric diseases; Disease database; Disease registration; Health policy; Medical aid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 44649189872     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02595.x     Document Type: Article

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