Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 374-382 , September 2007

Cross-cultural Development of a Child Health Care Questionnaire on Satisfaction, Utilization, and Needs

  • Silke Schmidt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital of Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Silke Schmidt, PhD, University Hospital of Hamburg Eppendorf, Department of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, Martinistrasse 52, Building S35, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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  • Ute Thyen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Germany
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  • John Chaplin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Pediatric Growth Research Center, Queen Silvia’s Children’s Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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  • Esther Mueller-Godeffroy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Germany
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  • European DISABKIDS Group

Received 21 February 2006 ,Accepted 23 April 2007.

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 The DISABKIDS Group comprises a coordinating group (Monika Bullinger, Silke Schmidt, Corinna Petersen) and study centers in 7 countries: Michael Quittan, Othmar Schuhfried (Austria); Marie Claude Simeoni, David Debensasson (France); Ute Thyen, Esther Müller-Godeffroy (Germany); Athanasios Vidalis, John Tsanakas, Elpis Hatziagorou, Paraskevi Karagianni (Greece); Hendrik Koopmann, Rolanda Baars (the Netherlands); John Chaplin (Sweden); Mick Power, Clare Atherton, Peter Hoare (United Kingdom).

PII: S1530-1567(07)00082-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.04.007

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 374-382 , September 2007

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