Pediatric Hearing Healthcare in Kentucky’s Appalachian Primary Care Setting

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 762-768

  Bush, Matthew L ^a   Alexander, David ^b   Noblitt, Bryce ^b   Lester, Cathy ^c   Shinn, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Cabinet for Health and Family Services Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital hearing loss; Health disparity; Rural healthcare

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; KENTUCKY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENTUCKY; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84956898754     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-9997-0     Document Type: Article

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