Discourse about childhood chronic conditions has transitioned in the last decade from
focusing primarily on broad groups of children with special health care needs to …

Importance Approximately 1 in 6 youth in the US have a mental health condition, and suicide
is a leading cause of death among this population. Recent national statistics describing …

Importance National analyses suggest that approximately 1 in 5 US hospitals closed their
pediatric units between 2008 and 2018. The extent to which pediatric hospitalizations at …

Importance Children with medical complexity (CMC) have substantial health care needs and
frequently experience poor health care quality. Understanding the population prevalence …

Background Women with disabilities experience significant health disparities. A barrier to
progress in addressing these disparities is the lack of population-based data on their health …

Aim The aim of this study was to identify children with neurodevelopmental disorders and
disabilities (NDD/D) and compare their healthcare service utilization to children without …

METHODS: The 2003–2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey provided a nationally
representative cohort of 48 572 US youth aged 6 to 25 years. We calculated the 2-year …

Importance Limited availability of inpatient pediatric services in rural regions has raised
concerns about access, safety, and quality of hospital-based care for children. This may be …

Objective To investigate primary care practice ownership and specialist‐use patterns for
commercially insured children with disabilities. Data Sources and Study Setting A national …

OBJECTIVES To identify the degree of concordance and characterize demographic and
clinical differences between commonly used definitions of multisystem medical complexity in …