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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
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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
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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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
Journal Article

The Role of School Environments in Explaining Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Body Mass Index Among U.S. Adolescents

School characteristics in the fifth and eighth grades showed little additional influence on the racial and ethnic disparities in body mass index observed at school entry in a longitudinal study of elementary and middle school students.

Jun 24, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

A Mixed-Method Application of the Program Sustainability Assessment Tool to Evaluate the Sustainability of 4 Pediatric Asthma Care Coordination Programs

As part of a cross-site evaluation of the implementation of an evidence-based intervention for pediatric asthma care coordination into low-income communities, we sought to understand the factors that influenced the programs' expected sustainability of the programs after external funding ended.

Dec 30, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Beyond the Ecological Fallacy: Potential Problems When Studying Healthcare Organisations

Simple recommendations for statistical best practices will improve the translation of appropriate and robust research findings into healthcare policy and practice.

Oct 20, 2015
Journal Article

Optimizing Telehealth Strategies for Subspecialty Care: Recommendations from Rural Pediatricians

Telehealth offers strategies to improve access to subspecialty care for children in rural communities.

Aug 4, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Development of a Pediatric Inpatient Experience of Care Measure: Child HCAHPS®

Child HCAHPS was developed to be a publicly available standardized survey of pediatric inpatient experience of care.

Jul 30, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Multiple Behavior Change Intervention to Improve Detection of Unmet Social Needs and Resulting Resource Referrals

It is critical that pediatric residents learn to effectively screen families for active and addressable social needs

Jul 30, 2015
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Journal Article

Multidisciplinary Pediatric Obesity Clinic Via Telemedicine Within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area: Lessons Learned

Telemedicine has been shown to be effective for rural populations, but little is reported on pediatric obesity care via telemedicine in urban settings.

Jul 28, 2015
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Journal Article

Central Line–associated Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: Longitudinal Trends and Compliance with Bundle Strategies

Knowing the temporal trend CLABSI rates among U.S. PICUs, the current extent of central line bundle compliance, and the impact of compliance on rates is necessary to understand what has been accomplished and can be improved in CLABSI prevention.

May 21, 2015

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