Low Income and Nonadherence to Health Supervision Visits Predispose Children to More Emergency Room Utilization

Social inequity can have broad health impacts. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of low income and nonadherence to health supervision visits on emergency room (ER) utilization in Eastern Brooklyn, New York. This study surveyed parents/guardians of children who received routine med...

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Main Authors: Qiyun Shi MD, PhD, Fiorella Castillo MD, MPH, Kusum Viswanathan MD, Fernanda Kupferman MD, Joy C. MacDermid PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-07-01
Series:Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X20938938