Child and adolescent health care quality and disparities: Are we making progress?

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-148

  Dougherty, Denise ^a   Chen, Xiuhua ^b   Gray, Darryl T ^a   Simon, Alan E ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); disparities; Hispanic; Medicaid; patient centeredness; preventive services; quality; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; ETHNICITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895554751     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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