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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1079-1080.

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It is encouraging to see the financing aspects of health care for young adults with chronic health conditions and disabilities becoming a focus of health services research, and study findings are providing new perspectives on the cost and benefits of moving children with special health care needs from pediatric to adult-oriented medical systems. Nonetheless, transitioning young adults to adult-oriented medicine, or for that matter any transition in medicine,^1-2 is a complex phenomenon and financial measures alone cannot adequately reflect short- and long-term consequences at the patient, health care professional, and health system levels.

In this issue of the ARCHIVES, Okumura et al³ present an analysis of differences in charges and length of stay for adult patients (18-64 years of age) with 1 of 4 pediatric-onset disabling conditions who received inpatient care from either pediatric, mixed, or adult-oriented hospitals. The authors found that after controlling for a variety of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE


PATIENT SATISFACTION AND EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE

PREPARATION FOR TRANSITION

CONCLUSIONS

AUTHOR INFORMATION
John Reiss, PhD; Robert W. Gibson, PhD, MSOTR/L

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