Large-scale public policy changes are often recommended to improve public health. Despite
varying widely—from tobacco taxes to poverty-relief programs—such policies present a …

Lack of access to services and support is an important issue for people with autism, but in
low-and middle-income countries there is a lack of data on this problem. The aims of this …

Importance Primary care is the foundation of pediatric care. While policy interventions have
focused on improving access and quality of primary care, trends in overall use of primary …

METHODS: Retrospective cohort analysis of 672190 admissions between January 1, 2012,
and December 31, 2012, to 41 children's hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information …

Objective: To determine associations of unmet needs for child or family health services with
(1) adverse family financial and employment impacts and (2) child behavioral functioning …

Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) are living longer than ever.
These advances come with a price: Patients, families, communities, and systems must …

Information on unmet health care needs reveal problems that are related to unavailability
and inaccessibility of services. The study objectives were to determine the prevalence, and …

Background Sepsis disproportionately affects children from socioeconomically
disadvantaged families in low-resource settings, where care seeking may consume scarce …

Background: Economic analyses often focus narrowly on individual patients' health care
use, while overlooking the growing economic burden of out-of-pocket costs for health care …

In health care priority setting different criteria are used to reflect the relevant values that
should guide decision-making. During recent years there has been a development of value …