Medical-legal partnership: Impact on patients with sickle cell disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pettignano A, Robert ^a,b   Caley, Sylvia B ^c   Bliss, Lisa R ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lawyers; Medical legal partnership; Outcomes; Poverty; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; PARENT; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 83155192977     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0082     Document Type: Article

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