Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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March 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 1997 and 2001 Investigators at the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, N.H, conducted two research projects that examined how the increasing availability of health care technology and specialist physicians influence the delivery of health care and health outcomes.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
NICU mortality risk-adjustment scores vary widely by the data collected and the timing of collection.
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Annually, 40,000 babies are born that weigh less than 1500g. These babies, categorized as very low birth weight (VLBW), experience a variety of medical problems. However, few (if any) studies exist documenting the follow-up care these patients recei ...
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This study investigated the association between average income or deprivation and infant mortality rate across neighborhoods of 4 world cities. Using a maximum likelihood negative binomial regression model that controls for births, we analyzed data ...
November 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Only 67 percent of pediatricians report that they accept all patients with Medicaid who contact them. This study set out to determine whether differences exist in the timeliness of follow-up appointments given to parents of newborns with private ins ...
October 1, 2009 | Evaluation
This paper provides new findings on how low-income parents perceive the quality and affordability of care available to the uninsured.
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
Louisiana's Office of Public Health: Adolescent and School Health Division further developed school-based health centers (SHBCs) in the state by establishing new centers, providing technical assistance to existing SHBCs and nurturing support.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result
Some health agencies develop their own immunization registry system, while others purchase software from vendors. Neither choice is necessarily the right one - both can be fraught with difficulties, delays, and cost overruns.
October 28, 2002 | Program Result
The New Hampshire Healthy Kids Corporation worked with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to implement the state's State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
August 26, 2008 | Program Result
The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality worked to create a learning network aimed at accelerating clinical improvements in the prevention and treatment of obesity in children.