Correlates of therapy use and expenditures in children in the United States

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-123

  Kuhlthau, Karen ^a,b   Hill, Kristen ^a   Fluet, Christina ^a   Meara, Ellen ^c   Yucel, Recai M ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Expenditures; Paediatric; Specialized therapy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED STATES; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549102966     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17518420701605627     Document Type: Article

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