Surgery for otitis media in a universal health care model: Socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity effects

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-141

  Ambrosio, Art ^a   Brigger, Matthew T ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CHAMPUS; ethnicity; otitis media; race; socioeconomic status; TRICARE; universal health care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY FAMILY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CALIFORNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84910154483     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814525570     Document Type: Article

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