Assessment of appalachian region pediatric hearing healthcare disparities and delays

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1713-1717

  Bush, Matthew L ^a   Osetinsky, Mariel ^b   Shinn, Jennifer B ^a   Gal, Thomas J ^a   Ding, Xiuhua ^c   Fardo, David W ^c   Schoenberg, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital hearing loss; Health disparity; rural healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DEVICE THERAPY; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CONGENITAL HEARING LOSS; HEALTH DISPARITY; RURAL HEALTHCARE;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84903172187     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24588     Document Type: Article

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