Mind the gap: Gender differences in child special health care needs

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1072-1080

  Leiter, Valerie ^a   Rieker, Patricia P ^b  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Gender; Special health care needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865686126     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0834-5     Document Type: Article

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