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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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Communication Practices and Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Children

This study examined relationships between provider communication practices, antibiotic prescribing, and parent care ratings during pediatric visits for acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI).

May 20, 2015
Journal Article

Outcomes and Costs of Surgical Treatments of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Despite previous studies demonstrating no difference in mortality or morbidity, the various surgical approaches for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants have not been evaluated economically.

Apr 24, 2015
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The Association of State Legal Mandates for Data Submission of Central Line–associated Bloodstream Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units with Process and Outcomes Measures

The authors determine the association between state legal mandates for data submission of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) with process and outcome measures. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.

Aug 22, 2014
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Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States

This report conducts a systematic review of the literature on the safety of vaccines recommended for routine immunization of children, adolescents, and adults in the United States.

Jul 1, 2014
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Well-child Care Clinical Practice Redesign for Serving Low-Income Children

Our objective was to conduct a rigorous, structured process to create a new model of well-child care (WCC) in collaboration with a multisite community health center and 2 small, independent practices serving predominantly Medicaid-insured children.

Jul 1, 2014
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PROMIS® Parent Proxy Report Scales for Children Ages 5–7 Years: An Item Response Theory Analysis of Differential Item Functioning Across Age Groups

The objective of the present study is to describe the extension of the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) pediatric parent proxy-report item banks for parents of children ages 5–7 years, and to investigate differential item functioning (DIF) between the data obtained from parents of 5–7-year-old children with the data obtained from parents of 8–17 year-old children in the original construction of the scales.

Feb 1, 2014
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Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars (No. 1-3)

Focusing on smaller, more focused approaches can identify less controversial opportunities for modest health care savings.

Jan 8, 2014
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Economic Burden of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

Compared to their peers, children with autism spectrum disorders have higher annual costs for health care appointments and prescriptions ($3,000 on average) and non-health care costs ($17,000 on average), such as special education at school. Previous analyses underestimated this economic burden, particularly for school systems.

Jan 1, 2014
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Barriers and Facilitators to Pediatric Emergency Telemedicine in the United States

Pediatric emergency telemedicine shares challenges with other telemedicine applications, but reimbursement is relatively less significant, and workflow disruption is relatively more significant in this setting.

Jan 1, 2014
Blog

Mark Schuster Elected to the Institute of Medicine

Dr. Mark Schuster has been elected to the Institute of Medicine. He is an adjunct researcher at RAND and the William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Chief of General Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Health Policy in the Department of Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital.

Oct 25, 2013
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Effect of Chiranjeevi Yojana on Institutional Deliveries and Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes in Gujarat, India: A Difference-In-Differences Analysis

In an observational study using a difference-in-differences design, the relationship between the Chiranjeevi Yojana programme and the probability of delivery in health-care institutions, the probability of obstetric complications and mean household expenditure for deliveries was subsequently examined.

Jan 1, 2013
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Psychometric Properties of the PROMIS® Pediatric Scales: Precision, Stability, and Comparison of Different Scoring and Administration Options

The study provides further information on the psychometric properties of the PROMIS pediatric scales and extends the previous IRT analyses to include precision estimates of dynamic versus static administration, test-retest reliability, and validity of administration across groups.

Jan 1, 2013

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