Neighborhood income and health outcomes in infants: How do those with complex chronic conditions fare?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 608-615

  Wang, Chengning ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,b   To, Teresa ^a,b   Dick, Paul T ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Grey Bruce Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 67650021380     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.36     Document Type: Article

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