Incomplete specialty referral among children in community health centers

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Zuckerman, Katharine E ^a,d   Cai, Xin ^b   Perrin, James M ^c   Donelan, Karen ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 78650009481     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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