Waiting for child developmental and rehabilitation services: An overview of issues and needs

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 815-821

  Miller, Anton R ^a,c   Armstrong, Robert W ^a   Mâsse, Louise C ^a   Klassen, Anne F ^b   Shen, Jane ^c   O'Donnell, Maureen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SPEECH THERAPY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 54249126046     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03113.x     Document Type: Review

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