The association of family continuity with infant health service use

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-391

  Clark, Elizabeth C ^a   Saultz, John ^b   Buckley, David I ^b   Rdesinski, Rebecca ^b   Goldberg, Bruce ^b,c   Gill, James M ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; OREGON; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53249127362     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070040     Document Type: Article

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