Preventive care for adolescents: Few get visits and fewer get services

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Irwin Jr , Charles E ^a   Adams, Sally H ^a   Park, M Jane ^a   Newacheck, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Health disparities; Health insurance; Preventive health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DENTAL CARE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349087271     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2601     Document Type: Article

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