Health service use in families where children enter public care: A nested case control study using the General Practice Research Database

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Simkiss, Douglas E ^a   Spencer, Nicholas J ^b   Stallard, Nigel ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858187389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-65     Document Type: Article

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