Children with health issues

Future of Children

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-116

  Schuster, Mark A ^a   Chung, Paul J ^b   Vestal, Katherine D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY LEAVE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84855522739     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2011.0017     Document Type: Article

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