Do children with developmental disabilities and mental health conditions have greater difficulty using health services than children with physical disorders?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 634-641

  Nageswaran, Savithri ^a   Parish, Susan L ^b   Rose, Roderick A ^b   Grady, Melissa D ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental disabilities; Ease of use of services; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051695183     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0597-4     Document Type: Article

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