Child Health: Selected Publications

Author: Gausche M
Title: Effect of out-of-hospital pediatric endotracheal intubation on survival and neurological outcome.
Publication: JAMA [1R01 HS9166].
Date: 2000 Feb 9.
Abstract: Compares the survival and neurological outcomes of pediatric patients treated with bag-valve-mask ventilation (BVM) with those of patients treated with BVM followed by Endotracheal intubation (ETI). Survival to hospital discharge and neurological status at discharge from an acute care hospital are compared by treatment group.

Author: Wolfe J
Title: Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer.
Publication: NEJM.
Date: 2000 Feb 3.
Abstract: Reviews interviews obtained from the parents of children who had died of cancer and children's medical records to examine palliative care for children who are dying of cancer.

Authors: Kaestner R, Racine A, and Joyce T
Title: Did recent expansions in Medicaid narrow socioeconomic differences in hospitalization rates of infants?
Publication: Med Care. 38(2):195-206.
Date: 2000 Feb.
Abstract: New report highlights children's healthcare usage. Used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample of HCUP-3 for 1988 and 1992.

Authors: McCormick MC, Kass B, Elixhauser A, et al.
Title: Annual report on access to and utilization of health care for children and youth in the United States-1999.
Publication: Journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (Supplement to Pediatrics).
Date: 2000 Jan.
Abstract: Uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project to examine the dynamics of health care delivery for children and adolescents including health insurance coverage, inpatient hospital services, and ambulatory health care services.

Authors: Simpson L, Fraser I
Title: Children and Managed Care: What Research Can, Can't, and Should Tell Us about Impact.
Publication: Medical Care Research and Review 56 (Supplement 2): 13-36.
Date: 1999.
Abstract: Examines the pace and context of the move to managed care for children, potential opportunities and challenges emerging from these changes, research findings on how managed care affects children, and next steps for learning more.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 99-R062.

Authors: Weinick R, Monheit A
Title: Children's Health Insurance Coverage and Family Structure, 1977-1996.
Publication: Medical Care Research and Review, 56(1): 55-73.
Date: 1999 Mar.
Abstract: Documents changes in children's health insurance coverage. Finds that parents' marital status, employment status, and family income are crucial factors associated with children's insurance status.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 99-R051.

Authors: Selden T, Banthin J, Cohen J
Title: Waiting in the Wings: Eligibility and Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Publication: Health Affairs, 18(2): 126-133.
Date: 1999 Mar/Apr.
Abstract: Examines data from (and the policy implications of) the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which shows that 3.1 million children are eligible for coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 99-R050.

Authors: Bauchner H, Simpson L
Title: Specific Issues Related to Developing, Disseminating, and Implementing Pediatric Practice Guidelines.
Publication: HSR: Health Services Research, 33(4): 1161-1177.
Date: 1998 Oct.
Abstract: Describes the ways in which medical information should be developed and disseminated, and focuses on pediatric practice guidelines as an example of one type of information.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 99-R003.

Authors: Selden T, Banthin J, Cohen J
Title: Medicaid's Problem Children: Eligible But Not Enrolled.
Publication: Health Affairs, 17(3): 192-200.
Date: 1998 May/Jun.
Abstract: Uses the results from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to explain the importance of and need for the President's priority to improve Medicaid outreach. Presents estimates of the number of Medicaid-eligible, but uninsured children.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-R067.

Authors: Simpson L, Kamerow D, Fraser I
Title: Pediatric Guidelines and Managed Care.
Publication: Pediatric Annals, 27: 234-240.
Date: 1998 Apr.
Abstract: Reviews the primary sources for guidelines addressing pediatric care and the forces driving their increased use, including their use in managed care settings; and reviews findings of the research literature looking at use and impact of guidelines.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-R081.

Authors: Weinick R, Weigers M, Cohen J
Title: Children's Health Insurance, Access to Care, and Health Status: New Findings.
Publication: Health Affairs, 17(2): 127-136.
Date: 1998 Mar/Apr.
Abstract: Provides baseline data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for evaluating results of the Children's Health Insurance Program and other policies and programs designed to improve the health and well-being of American children.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-R035.

Authors: Weigers M, Weinick R, Cohen J
Title: Children's Health, 1996.
Publication: MEPS Chartbook No. 1.
Date: 1998 Mar.
Abstract: Presents data on the health insurance status of children in the United States, addresses access to health care issues, and discusses the health status of children.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-0008.

Authors: Gergen P, Fowler J, Maurer K
Title: The Burden of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on the Respiratory Health of Children 2 Months through 5 Years of Age in the United States: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988 to 1994.
Publication: Pediatrics, 101 (2) 1-6.
Date: 1998 Feb.
Abstract: Measures the effect of environmental tobacco smoke on the respiratory health of a national sample of 7,680 children.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-R033.

Author: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Title: Pediatric Outcomes Research in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Publication: Report to the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, 161 pp.
Date: 1998 Jan
Abstract: Responds to the request for a report on pediatric outcomes research from the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-R022.

Author: Crall J
Title: Oral Health Component of Child Health Services Research.
Publication: Journal of Dental Education, 61(10): 776-780.
Date: 1997 Oct.
Abstract: Provides a synopsis of the major points raised in an article, "Child Health Services Research: Challenges and Opportunities," by Forrest et al., along with commentary on their relevance to children's dental problems, oral health care, and an oral health component of child health services research.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 98-R017.

Authors: Forrest C, Simpson L, Clancy C
Title: Child Health Services Research: Challenges and Opportunities.
Publication: Journal of the American Medical Association, 277(22): 1787-1793.
Date: 1997.
Abstract: Examines why children merit a separate focus in health services research—while identifying factors that have led to the failure of appropriate development of child health services research—and offers a set of strategies for how to build the research capacity of the field.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 97-R071.

Author: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Title: Child Health Services: Building a Research Agenda.
Date: 1997 Feb.
Abstract: Executive Summary of this Report to the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives. The report reviews the need for a research agenda specifically addressing the needs of children, describes the Agency's activities and progress in its collaborative approach to developing a children's research agenda, and outlines principal priorities identified.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 97-R055.

Authors: Cunningham P, Freiman M
Title: Determinants of Ambulatory Mental Health Services Use for School-Age Children and Adolescents.
Publication: HSR: Health Services Research, 31(4): 409-427.
Date: 1996 Oct.
Abstract: Using NMES data, provides strong evidence that the socioeconomic status of children is an important factor in explaining the unmet need for mental health services.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 97-R033.

Authors: Merrick N, Davidson B, Fox S
Title: Treatment of Acute Gastroenteritis: Too Much and Too Little Care.
Publication: Clinical Pediatrics, 429-435.
Date: 1996 Sep.
Abstract: Reviews the health services literature regarding care for gastroenteritis in children and the following: U.S. health care utilization, use of oral rehydration therapy, and quality of care.
Availability: Order AHCPR Publication No. 97-R038.

Additional Resources:

The Center for Organization and Delivery, AHRQ, has generated articles and publications relating to child health. For a listing, select http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/staffpub/topic1.htm#Children and http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/grapub2.htm#Meurer

The Center for Cost and Financing Studies, AHRQ, has released a Child Health Chartbook based on 1996 data from the National Medical Expenditure Panel Survey at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/chrtbk1/chrtbk1a.htm

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