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Pediatric Medicine

Journal Article

Cluster Analysis of Acute Care Use Yields Insights for Tailored Pediatric Asthma Interventions

Care patterns for pediatric asthma can help identify differences between types of patients - and possible ways to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.

Jan 31, 2018
Journal Article

A Cost-Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Clinic

An interdisciplinary approach to management of chronic pediatric pain can reduce costs for hospitals and insurers.

Dec 14, 2017
News Release

Nation's Public Cord Blood Banks Provide Benefits, Despite Drop in Use

The nation's public umbilical cord blood banks provide benefits that far outweigh their costs and should continue to receive federal support, even though use of cord blood stem cells from the banks has been declining.

Sep 29, 2017
Report

Public Cord Blood Banks Provide Benefits Despite Drop in Use

U.S. umbilical cord blood banks provide benefits that far outweigh their costs. The national cord blood system should continue to receive federal support, even though use of cord blood stem cells from the banks has been declining.

Sep 29, 2017
Research Brief

Public Cord Blood Banks: Worthy of National Investment

RAND studied trends affecting public cord blood banks and considered changes to the program to buttress banks' financial stability. Researchers found a system worthy of investment, especially if it helps improve the quality of the national inventory.

Sep 29, 2017
Journal Article

Well-Child Care Redesign: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Parent Experiences in the PARENT Trial

Parents built trusting relationships with a parent coach who provided preventative services during an intervention to improve well child care in a low-income urban population.

Sep 28, 2017
Journal Article

Quality Measures to Assess Care Transitions for Hospitalized Children

Development of feasible quality measures of pediatric care transition is an important first step toward routinely evaluating and improving transition care for hospitalized children.

Apr 26, 2017
Journal Article

Variation in Family Experience of Pediatric Inpatient Care As Measured by Child HCAHPS

Development of the Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey has made it possible to compare family experience with inpatient pediatric care.

Apr 26, 2017
Journal Article

Collaborative Mental Health Care for Pediatric Behavior Disorders in Primary Care: Does It Reduce Mental Health Care Costs?

Doctor-office collaborative care is more cost-effective than enhanced usual care for treating children with behavioral problems in primary care settings.

Apr 18, 2017
Journal Article

Development and Testing of the Pediatric Respiratory Illness Measurement System (PRIMES) Quality Indicators

This project developed and tested the Pediatric Respiratory Illness Measurement System (PRIMES), a set of measures for assessing the quality of hospital-based care for common pediatric respiratory illnesses.

Apr 11, 2017
Journal Article

Discharge Handoff Communication and Pediatric Readmissions

Improving the transition from a hospital stay to primary care may benefit patient outcomes but the impact on unplanned 30-day readmissions is unclear.

Mar 14, 2017
Research Brief

The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

We assessed investments in early childhood programs in New Hampshire, summarizing benefits and economic returns of three early intervention strategies and estimating costs and benefits of statewide investments in programs for at-risk children.

Feb 15, 2017
Report

The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood in New Hampshire

Stakeholders in the public and private sectors in New Hampshire have been focused on investments in young children. What do they need to know?

Feb 15, 2017
Journal Article

New Parent Home Visiting Program Reduces Infants' Need for Medical Care

Infants whose families took part in a new parent home visit program were less likely to visit the emergency room and made fewer primary care visits during their first year of life. The program benefited at-risk families and those who had no risk factors.

Jan 27, 2017
Journal Article

Barriers of Pediatric Residents to Speaking Up About Patient Safety

Among pediatric residents, communication skills and a lack of confidence are the most commonly cited barriers to speaking up about patient safety.

Jan 3, 2017
News Release

New Parent Home Visiting Program Reduces Infants' Need for Medical Care During First Year of Life

Infants whose families participated in a new parent home visit program were less likely to visit the emergency room and made fewer primary care doctor visits during their first year of life. The program benefited both families who were at risk for problems, and those who had no risk factors.

Dec 15, 2016
Journal Article

Financial Loss for Inpatient Care of Medicaid-insured Children

Medicaid financial losses at children's hospitals greatly exceed losses at other types of hospitals.

Nov 28, 2016
Journal Article

Lactation Support Services and Breastfeeding Initiation: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act

The likelihood that mothers with private health insurance would start breastfeeding increased by 2.5 percentage points after the Affordable Care Act mandated the coverage of lactation support services.

Nov 28, 2016
Journal Article

The "Retrofitting" Approach to Adapting Evidence-Based Interventions: A Case Study of Pediatric Asthma Care Coordination, United States, 2010–2014

This case study of pediatric asthma care coordination found preliminary support for the validity of retrofitting concept--adapting evidence-based modifications rather than entirely new interventions.

Sep 14, 2016
Journal Article

Use of Adult-Trained Medical Subspecialists by Children Seeking Medical Subspecialty Care

Adult-trained medical subspecialists provide care to 1 in 10 children seeking subspecialty care overall, and to 1 in 6 children with a >90- minute travel time to a pediatric referral center; disparities in use of pediatric versus adult-trained subspecialists are also associate with race and neighborhood income.

Jul 14, 2016

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Pediatric Medicine

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Pediatrics

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