Can the medical home eliminate racial and ethnic disparities for transition services among youth with special health care needs?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 824-833

  Richmond, Nicole E ^a   Tran, Tri ^a   Berry, Susan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequate insurance; Children with special health care needs; Cultural validity; Education; Health disparities; Medical home; National survey of children with special health care needs; Racial disparities; Transition; Youth with special health care needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860856032     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0785-x     Document Type: Article

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