Family income gradients in the health and health care accessof US children

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-342

  Larson, Kandyce ^a,b   Halfon, Neal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access children; Health outcomes; Income gradients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954912736     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0477-y     Document Type: Article

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