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Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged: testing the inverse care law

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  • Sue Woolfenden Department of Community Child Health, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Randwick, New South Wales, AustraliaPopulation Child Health Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Claire Galea Cerebral Palsy Alliance, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaDiscipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hannah Badland Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hayley Smithers Sheedy Cerebral Palsy Alliance, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaDiscipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Katrina Williams Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anne M Kavanagh Centre for Health Equity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dinah Reddihough Neurodisability and Rehabilitation, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaDepartment of Developmental Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sharon Goldfeld Policy and Equity, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaCentre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Raghu Lingam Population Child Health Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nadia Badawi Cerebral Palsy Alliance, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaDiscipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Meredith O'Connor Policy and Equity, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sue Woolfenden, Department of Community Child Health, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; susan.woolfenden{at}health.nsw.gov.au
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Woolfenden S, Galea C, Badland H, et al
Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged: testing the inverse care law
J Epidemiol Community Health 2020;74:495-501.

Publication history

  • Received October 16, 2019
  • Revised February 1, 2020
  • Accepted February 21, 2020
  • First published March 13, 2020.
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June 29, 2020

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