Utilization of inpatient care and its determinants among persons with intellectual disabilities in day care centres in Taiwan

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 655-662

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Wu, J L ^b   Lee, P N ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RCIDT   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Day care centre; Inpatient care; Intellectual disability; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 4744369371     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2003.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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