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Child Health Research Findings: Costs, Use, and Access to Care
Research Activities, July 2008: Strep throat in children carries significant societal costs Research Activities, April 2008: Concerns about SCHIP expansions crowding out private insurance are not borne out in New York Research Activities, March 2008:Hospitalists can reduce hospital stays and costs for children with common pediatric conditions like asthmaResearch Activities, December 2007: Many underinsured U.S. children are not getting needed vaccines due to the current vaccine financing system Treatments for pediatric Crohn's disease cases vary widely in North AmericaResearch Activities, June 2007: Incentives combined with peer counseling are a cost-effective way to get adolescents to adhere to a tuberculosis control program Research Activities, March 2007: Urban influence codes reveal more about children's patterns of health care use and coverage The financial burden of health care for people under age 65 increased between 1996 and 2003 Research Activities, December 2006: Medical injuries among children result in longer hospital stays and higher charges Research Activities, November 2006: Fungal infections in immunocompromised children dramatically increase mortality rate, length of hospital stay, and costs Research Activities, October 2006: Use of pediatric hospitalists decreases hospital costs and stays without adversely affecting clinicians or parents Research Activities, March 2006 SCHIP significantly decreases uninsurance and increases public insurance for children in low-income families Research Activities, February 2006: Expansion in public health insurance for children lessens the financial burden of health care for low-income families Research Activities, September 2005: Use of nurse case managers and physician peer leaders can reduce children's asthma symptoms but at a price Research Activities, August 2005: Efforts beyond expanding health coverage may be needed to improve access and quality for low-income and minority children Routine pertussis vaccination of adolescents would be beneficial and reasonably cost effective Research Activities, July 2005: Higher copayments of 3-tier drug formularies reduce the likelihood that individuals will use certain medications Research Activities, May 2005: Children with special health care needs generally use more health services and have higher costs than other children Research Activities, July 2004: Selective use of CT scan and ultrasound to help diagnose appendicitis should markedly reduce unnecessary surgeries Children's health insurance coverage has increased, more care has shifted to outpatient sites, and expenditures have declined Research Activities, February 2004: Asthma symptom days determine annual costs of care for children with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma Research Activities, January 2004: Premature birth increases infants' risk of hospitalization and complications from respiratory syncytial virus
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