Missed Well-Child Care Visits, Low Continuity of Care, and Risk of Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Hospitalizations in Young Children
Author(s) -
Jeffrey Tom,
ChienWen Tseng,
James W. Davis,
Cam Solomon,
Chuan Zhou,
Rita MangioneSmith
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.201
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory care , ambulatory , hazard ratio , confidence interval , population , risk factor , pediatrics , cohort , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , health care , environmental health , economics , economic growth
To determine if adherence to the recommended well-child care (WCC) visit schedule, independent of continuity of care (COC), is associated with lower risk of ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations (ACSH) and whether this association varies by chronic disease status.
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