Routine care provided by specialists to children and adolescents in the United States (2002-2006)

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Valderas, Jose M ^a   Starfield, Barbara ^b   Forrest, Christopher B ^c   Rajmil, Luis ^d,e   Roland, Martin ^f   Sibbald, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73549095191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-221     Document Type: Article

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