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Child Health Research Findings: Quality of Care/Patient Safety

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Research Findings

Research Activities, May 2004:
Researchers find New York SCHIP improves health care access, continuity, and quality
Research Activities, April 2004:
Researchers examine ways to measure the quality of health services for children and adolescents Research Activities, September 2003:
Hospital type and experience affect outcomes of children who undergo tracheotomy
Research Activities, June 2003:
Patient safety problems in hospitalized children are substantial
Research Activities, May 2003:
Medical errors affect 2 to 3 percent of hospitalized children and are more common in those with special medical needs
Better communication with parents of hospitalized children may be the best way to improve parental ratings of hospital care
Parents may not always want antibiotics for their child's illness, sometimes they may just want reassurance
Research Activities, February 2003:
New report provides an overview of children's insurance coverage, health care use and expenditures, and quality of care
Research Activities, January 2003:
Tennessee data indicate significant use of oral steroids among Medicaid-insured children
Research Activities, March 2002:
Mild or moderate asthma does not significantly impair quality of life for children
Research Activities, December 2001:
Five criteria can identify pediatric blunt trauma victims who are unlikely to need x-rays to exclude cervical spine injury
Educational materials do not substantially increase parents' knowledge and attitudes about the use of antibiotics
Office-based quality improvement programs can substantially improve delivery of pediatric preventive services
Research Activities, November 2001:
Variations in Asthma prevalence rates depend at least in part on diagnostic practices among different population groups
Research Activities, August 2001:
Parental assessment is a practical and reliable way to measure pediatric primary care
Research Activities, June 2001:
Medication errors are common in hospitalized children
Research Activities, April 2001:
Efforts to improve the quality of health care services for children show positive results
Research Activities, August 2000:
Critically ill children have better outcomes when treated in high- vs. low-volume pediatric ICUs
Study of ER care for febrile infants finds that system changes may be the best way to reduce medical errors
Research Activities, April 2000:
More attention should be paid to palliative care for children dying of cancer

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