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J Pediatr
; 249: 111-113.e1, 2022 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35697142
ABSTRACT
Children in foster care have higher health care costs and poor care coordination, often due to inconsistent information exchanged between health care and child welfare systems. This study implemented secure automated information sharing and detected improvements in time spent gathering information, health care services delivered, and billing practices at participating health care systems.
Subject(s)
Child Welfare , Foster Home Care , Adolescent , Child , Health Care Costs , Humans , Information Dissemination
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J Pediatr
; 234: 260-264.e1, 2021 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33727112
ABSTRACT
Children in foster care are at high risk for developmental delay. In this retrospective cohort study of young children presenting to a foster care clinic, 77% were not receiving developmental services and 75% failed developmental screening. Of those potentially eligible, 60% were not referred for developmental services.
Subject(s)
Child Abuse/psychology , Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis , Developmental Disabilities/therapy , Early Intervention, Educational/statistics & numerical data , Facilities and Services Utilization/statistics & numerical data , Foster Home Care , Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data , Child, Preschool , Developmental Disabilities/etiology , Early Diagnosis , Early Intervention, Educational/organization & administration , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Foster Home Care/methods , Foster Home Care/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Logistic Models , Male , Ohio , Referral and Consultation/organization & administration , Retrospective Studies
3.
J Pediatr
; 182: 401-404, 2017 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28237454