Barriers to care among us school-aged children with disabilities

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 516-523

  Scurlock, Carissa ^a   Yu, Songlin ^a   Zhang, Xiaofei ^a   Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Disability; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; THERAPY DELAY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OHIO;

EID: 53049097733     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318180fda3     Document Type: Article

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