Correlates of use of health care services by children and adolescents from 11 European countries

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Berra, Silvina ^a,b   Tebé, Cristian ^a,b   Erhart, Michael ^c   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^c   Auquier, Pascal ^d   Detmar, Symone ^e   Herdman, Michael ^b   Alonso, Jordi ^b,f   Rajmil, Luis ^a,b,f  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d University of Marseille   (France)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Health care needs; Health services; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; POLAND; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SAMPLE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 59049107904     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181844e09     Document Type: Article

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