The influence of public or private paediatric health care on vaccination coverages in children in Catalonia (Spain)

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Borras E ^a,b   Dominguez A ^a,c   Oviedo, M ^a,b   Batalla, J ^a,b   Salleras, L ^a,c  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b Directorate of Public Health   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Health care; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARENTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; VACCINES;

EID: 59449087195     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn109     Document Type: Article

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