Child-Care Subsidies: Do They Impact the Quality of Care Children Experience?

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1444-1461

  Johnson, Anna D ^a   Ryan, Rebecca M ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863858869     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.1780.x     Document Type: Article

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