The health care access and utilization of homeschooled children in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-273

  Cordner, Alissa ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; Health care access; Health care utilization; Homeschooled children; USA; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MENINGITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL CARE; MENINGITIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TETANUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

UNITED STATES;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84861338301     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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