Missed well-child care visits, low continuity of care, and risk of ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations in young children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1052-1058

  Tom, Jeffrey O ^a,b   Tseng, Chien Wen ^a,d   Davis, James ^a,e   Solomon, Cam ^c   Zhou, Chuan ^b,c   Mangione Smith, Rita ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Hawaii Medical Service Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELL CHILD CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HAWAII; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78149473623     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.201     Document Type: Article

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