Poorer health: The persistent and protean connections between poverty, social inequality, and child well-being

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 668-670

  Feudtner, Chris ^a   Noonan, Kathleen G ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 67650021370     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.118     Document Type: Editorial

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