Factors associated with distance and time traveled to cleft and craniofacial care

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 685-695

  Cassell, Cynthia H ^a   Krohmer, Anne ^a,b   Mendez, Dara D ^c   Lee, Kyung A ^a,d   Strauss, Ronald P ^e   Meyer, Robert E ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Health care accessibility; Orofacial clefts; Travel distance; Travel time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL CARE; MOTHER; OROFACIAL CLEFT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; TRAVEL;

BARRIERS TO CARE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY; OROFACIAL CLEFTS; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TRAVEL TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885943816     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23173     Document Type: Article

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