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Title: Monitoring Changes in Health Care for Children and Families
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Newacheck, Paul W. Starfield, Barbara |
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Monitoring Changes in Health Care for Children and Families In: Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop. Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families, ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1995: pp. 156-191. Also: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309052491/html Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: National Academy Press Keyword(s): Child Health; Children, Illness; Health Care; Health Reform; Overview, Child Assessment Data EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION: Monitoring and evaluating the changes that accompany health care and reforms for children, their families, and the health care system that serves them presents a formidable challenge. Fortunately, the United States possesses a system for collecting and disseminating health statistics that is the envy of most other developed countries. Even so, our health statistics programs were not designed for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating health care reform. Consequently, an assessment of their utility for this purpose is in order. In doing so, it is important to keep in mind that changes in the health care system will not affect all populations in the same manner. Children's health needs and provider networks differ from those of adults. Children's illnesses and injuries are diagnosed in the context of rapid growth and developmental processes that have no counterparts in adults. Their physiological, cognitive, and emotional maturation makes children uniquely vulnerable to certain illnesses. Their developmental vulnerabilities require heightened attention to preventative care and early diagnosis and treatment of their disorders (Jamesone and Wehr, 1993). Assessment of the current federal health statistics programs and the design of mechanisms for monitoring the effects of changes in the system must take into account these differences. |
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Newacheck, Paul W. and Barbara Starfield. "Monitoring Changes in Health Care for Children and Families" In: Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop. Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families, ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1995: pp. 156-191.
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