Policy interventions to address child health disparities: Moving beyond health insurance

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Currie, Janet ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Policy interventions

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAID; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 72849152510     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1100M     Document Type: Review

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