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Conceptualizing childhood health problems using survey data: a comparison of key indicators

Dafna E Kohen1,2*, Jamie C Brehaut2,3, Rochelle E Garner1, Anton R Miller4,5, Lucyna M Lach6, Anne F Klassen7 and Peter L Rosenbaum7,8

Author Affiliations

1 Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

2 Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

3 Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

4 Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

5 Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, BC's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

6 School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

7 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

8 CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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BMC Pediatrics 2007, 7:40 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-40

Published: 5 December 2007

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Additional file 1:

Indicators of childhood health problems used in the literature. Appendix summary of relevant studies.

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Additional file 2:

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) screener criteria used to define elevated service use. Appendix details of the items used for criteria for elevated service use.

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