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Stuber M. 2002. Health care utilization: Pediatric organ transplantation—Final report. Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychiatry, 20 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes an investigation into the relationship between psychosocial factors and health care utilization for pediatric solid organ transplant recipients at the University of California, Los Angeles, and their families, as an initial step towards developing interventions which might improve outcomes and be cost-efficient. Topics include transplant recipient mental health or presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), parental depression or anxiety, and challenges to parents and families in caring for a chronically ill child. Report sections include the project background, review of the literature, study designs and methods, measures, statistical techniques, results, and discussion. Provided are a list of products and presentations generated by the project, along with references. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Child mental health, Children with special health care needs, Depression, Final reports, Health care utilization, MCH research, Organ transplantation, Outcome evaluation, Parent support services, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Psychosocial factors

Brown RT, Coupey SM, eds. 1994. Chronic and disabling disorders. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley and Belfus, 169 pp. (Adolescent medicine: State of the art reviews; v. 5, no. 2)

Annotation: This edition addresses both general issues of importance in health care for adolescents with special health needs and specific chronic conditions. The first set of articles focuses on the epidemiology of chronic illness in adolescence and developmental, educational, and health care delivery issues. The second set discusses specific chronic conditions that are prevalent in the adolescent population (i.e., deafness, cancer, traumatic brain injury, and sickle cell disease) or that have had recent advances in management (i.e., cystic fibrosis, organ transplants, and spinal cord injuries).

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent development, Adolescents with special health care needs, Cancer, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Cystic fibrosis, Education, Epidemiology, Head injuries, Hearing disorders, Organ transplantation, Sickle cell disease, Spinal cord injuries, Transitions
   

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