Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2101 East Jefferson Street

Rockville, MD 20852

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-97-0019

Prepared by:

Tufts-New England Medical Center EPC, Boston, MA

Investigators

Ellen C. Perrin, MD, MA

Cynthia H. Cole, MD, MPH

Deborah A. Frank, MD

Stephan R. Glicken, MD

Nicholas Guerina, MD

Kevin Petit, MD

Robert Sege, MD, PhD

MaryAnn V. Volpe, MD

EPC Staff

Joseph Lau, MD, Director

Caroline A. McFadden, MD, /Priscilla Chew MPH, Project Leaders

Deirdre DeVine, M Litt, Project Manager

Kimberly Miller, BA, Research Assistant

AHRQ Publication No. 03-E026

March 2003

ISBN: 1-58763-131-8

ISSN: 1530-4396

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Suggested Citation:

Perrin E, Frank D, Cole C, et al. Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Failure to Thrive. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 72 (Prepared by Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-0019). AHRQ Publication No. 03-E026. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2003.