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Annotation: This report discusses the findings of a survey of state Title V directors in assessing the critical issues regarding pediatric provider availability for children with special health care needs as well as causes of access problems, and strategies to improve pediatric provider capacity. Part one gives an overview of the findings. Part two include assessments of pediatric provider capacity to furnish medical home services; subspecialty services; inpatient hospital care; speech therapy and audiology services; dental care; and mental health services for all children with special health care needs; and strategies to improve access to care. The third part discusses recommendations to improve access. Numerous tables are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Access to health care, Audiology, Children with special health care needs, Dental care, Home care services, Inpatients, Medical home, Mental health, Needs assessment, Pediatric care, State programs

Annotation: This book contains state-of the-art information on early identification of auditory dysfunction in children which was presented at the International Symposium on screening children for Auditory Function. The topics are: (1) some of the critical problems involved in screening children; (2) issues, techniques, and model programs associated with newborn screening; (3) and (4) issues concerned with screening preschool and school age children; and (5) intervention issues and strategies appropriate for children with hearing loss. The book also contains appendices, references, an author index, and a subject index. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Bill Wilkerson Center, 1114 19th Avenue, South, Nashville, TN 37212, Telephone: (615) 320-5353 Secondary Telephone: (615) 340-5711 Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-9631439-0-5.

Keywords: Audiologists, Audiology, Early intervention, Hearing screening, Hearing tests, High risk infants, Newborn infants, Otitis media, School age children

Annotation: This goal of this project was to develop a model referral network and regionalized health care delivery system for children at high risk for hearing, speech, and language disorders resulting from otologic diseases. Project objectives were to: (1) Develop staff in the tri-State area of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee and create and maintain a tri-State referral network; (2) identify contributing factors which inhibit health care delivery to infants and children with otologic problems who live among rural, remote, economically disadvantaged, and culturally diverse population groups; (3) remove barriers to care for infants and children with otologic health care problems; and (4) identify infants and children with hearing disorders living among rural and remote, economically disadvantaged, and culturally diverse population groups. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-161917.

Keywords: Computerized Medial Records, Audiology, Case Management, Computerized Medical Billing, Computers, Coordination of Health Care, Deaf, Hearing Disorders, Indigent Patients, Indigent Patients, Language Disorders, Low income groups, Medicaid, Otology, Regionalized Care, Rural Population, Speech Disorders