Adolescents with sickle cell disease in a rural community: Are they ready to transition to adulthood?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 578-582

  Mennito, Sarah ^a   Hletko, Paul ^a   Ebeling, Myla ^a   Amann, Lee Ann ^a   Roberts, James ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Medical home; Sickle cell disease; Transition; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICIAN; RURAL POPULATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908273168     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000162     Document Type: Article

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