Children's public health policy in the United States: How the past can inform the future

Health Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Markel, Howard ^a   Golden, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644258542     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.5.147     Document Type: Review

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12. H. Markel, "For the Welfare of Children: The Origins of the Relationship between U.S. Public Health Workers and Pediatricians," American Journal of Public Health 90, no. 6 (2000): 893-899; Urban Institute, "Uninsured Children Are Much Less Likely to Receive Medical Care," 11 September 2003, www.urban.org/urlprint.cfm?ID=8573 (10 June 2004); and K.L.S. Pettit, G.T. Kingsley, and C.J. Coulton, "Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy," 30 May 2003, www.urban.org/urlprint. cfm?ID=8499 (10 June 2004).
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