Unwarranted variation in health care for children and young people

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-65

  Cheung, C Ronny L H ^a   Gray, J A Muir ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSENSUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; TONSILLECTOMY; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84872350857     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302041     Document Type: Review

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