Lack of financial barriers to pediatric cochlear implantation: Impact of socioeconomic status on access and outcomes

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-657

  Chang, David T ^a   Ko, Alvin B ^a,b   Murray, Gail S ^a,b,c   Arnold, James E ^a,b   Megerian, Cliff A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954972300     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.90     Document Type: Article

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