Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality: Measuring What Matters

by Committee on Pediatric Health and Health, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, et al.

Increasing public investments in health care services for low-income and special needs children and adolescents in the United States have raised questions about whether these efforts improve their health outcomes. Yet it is difficult to assess the general health status and health care quality for younger populations, especially those at risk of poor health outcomes, because the United States has no national information system that can provide timely,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309186234
• ISBN13: 9780309186230
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 360 Pages