Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 85-92 , March 2002

Associations Between Maternal and Child Health Status and Patterns of Medical Care Use

  • Cynthia S. Minkovitz, MD, MPP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cynthia S. Minkovitz, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
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  • Patricia J. O'Campo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family, Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md
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  • Yi-Hua Chen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family, Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md
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  • Holly A. Grason, MA

      Affiliations

    • From the Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family, Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md

Received 21 May 2001 ,Accepted 20 November 2001.

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 Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Baltimore, Md, April 30, 2001, and the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy meeting, Atlanta, Ga, June 11, 2001.

PII: S1530-1567(05)60088-3

doi: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0085:ABMACH>2.0.CO;2

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 85-92 , March 2002

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