The capacity of primary care pediatricians to care for children with special health care needs

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 310-314

  Agrawal, Rishi ^a,b   Shah, Parag ^a,b   Zebracki, Kathy ^c,d   Sanabria, Kathy ^e   Kohrman, Claire ^f   Kohrman, Arthur F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^f Westside Health Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

children; children and youth with special health care needs; chronic illness; health services research; medical home; pediatrics; primary care; technology dependence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 84875722246     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813476572     Document Type: Article

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