Barriers to Care Questionnaire: Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness to Change Among Parents of Children With Asthma

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-113

  Seid, Michael ^a   Opipari Arrigan, Lisa ^a   Gelhard, Leticia Reyes ^a   Varni, James W ^a   Driscoll, Kimberly ^a  

^a Center for Health Care Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; asthma; barriers to care; health related quality of life; primary care

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 62349133776     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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