Utilization of Health Services in Physician Offices and Outpatient Clinics by Adolescents and Young Women in the United States: Implications for Improving Access to Reproductive Health Services

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-330

  Hoover, Karen W ^a   Tao, Guoyu ^a   Berman, Stuart ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Health care utilization patterns; Reproductive health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949573098     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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