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Annotation: This brief presents public awareness about and knowledge of the Affordable Care Act's pediatric dental insurance provision, the consumer experience when shopping for dental insurance within the health insurance marketplaces, and consumer preferences related to medical and dental insurance. Contents include information about the data source and methods, results, and a discussion.

Contact: American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2678, Telephone: (312) 440-2500 Web Site: http://www.ada.org/en/science-research/health-policy-institute Available from the website.

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Keywords: Attitudes, Consumer satisfaction, Consumer surveys, Dental insurance, Knowledge level, Market research, Oral health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Annotation: This final report describes a research study to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of three different patient-centered strategies for improving the quality and equity of preventive and developmental services provided to young children during well-child visits. Topics include updated anticipatory guidance for well-child visits, communications between parents and health care providers, and parents' perceptions of overall quality of healthcare visits for their children. Report contents include an introduction to research problem, a review of the literature, the study design and methods, detailed findings, discussion and interpretation of the findings, a list of products developed during the project, as well as references. Appendices provide examples and overviews of selected project elements. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Final reports, MCH research, Parent participation, Parent professional relations, Patient satisfaction, Quality assurance, Well child care

Annotation: This supplemental issue of the Journal of Perinatal Education focuses on the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services' initiative for improving maternity services and promoting normal birth. It describes principles underlying the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiatives, identifies the ten steps of Mother-Friendly Care and the evidence basis for the ten steps in separately authored articles. The appendix includes an article discussing the rationales and systematic reviews of both home birth and freestanding birth centers. Additional discussion and commentary is provided.

Contact: Lamaze International, 2025 M Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036 , Telephone: (202) 367-1128 Secondary Telephone: (800) 368-4404 Fax: (202) 367-2128 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.lamaze.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Alternative birth styles, Birthing centers, Consumer satisfaction, Delivery rooms, Health services delivery, Home childbirth, Labor, Mothers, Physician patient relations, Pregnancy

Annotation: COMPARE This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the National Survey of Early Childhood Health, a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The survey was designed to assess parents' perceptions of their children's pediatric care. The report outlines key features of the survey, background information, sample design, the questionnaire, survey operations, data files, estimation procedures, quality control, and guidelines for data use. References are provided. The appendices include a sampling and sampling weight technical summary; related survey content and sources of questions; computer-assisted telephone interviewing specifications; a sample advance letter; and disposition code frequencies and response rate calculations.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available from the website.

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Keywords: COMPARE Surveys, Child health, Evaluation, Health promotion, National surveys, Patient satisfaction, Pediatric care, Research design, Young children

Annotation: This report reviews the need for reducing barriers by primary care providers to parental counseling on important developmental and behavioral topics like discipline and toilet training. Barriers discussed include time constraints, inadequate reimbursement, and a need for improved provider training. Additional topics include defining developmental services, parents' concerns regarding child development, identifying and evaluating developmental issues, gaps in providing developmental assessment, a comparison of traditional preventive topics covered with developmental and learning topics, parental values placed on unaddressed topics more than others, what disparities exist in guidance on child development and health promotion, pediatricians' perspectives on barriers to assessing development, and strategies and recommendations. Statistical data are provided in charts throughout the report. Conclusions, a review of the methodology, and notes are provided at the conclusion of the report.

Contact: Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, Telephone: (212) 606-3800 Fax: (212) 606-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.commonwealthfund.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Child health, Developmental pediatrics, Parent professional relations, Patient satisfaction, Physician patient relations, Prevention services, Primary care, Young children

Annotation: This final report describes methods for measuring quality and outcomes of care provided to children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in different service systems with varying managed care and fee-for-service models. The project also solicited physician's perspectives in Washington and Oregon states on changing payment structures, pressures inherent in group practices, difficulties navigating community systems, and problems getting necessary information. The report includes the following sections: (1) purpose of the project, (2) goals and objectives, (3) methodology, (4) evaluation, (5) results and outcomes, (6) publications and products, (7) dissemination and utilization, (8) future plans and follow-up, and (9) type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate the project. It also includes 10 appendices containing brochures, samples of physician and health care consumer surveys, printed presentation slides, a resource list of services in Snohomish County, and fact sheets. An annotation, keywords list, abstract, and equipment list conclude the report. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Providence Children's Center, P.O. Box 1067, Everett, WA 98206, Telephone: (425) 258-7311 Web Site: http://www.providence.org/everett/programs_and_services/pavilion/e60children.htm

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Families, Final reports, MCH research, Managed care, Oregon, Patient satisfaction, Provider surveys, Questionnaires, Washington

Annotation: This report provides findings from a survey of telemedicine providers and parents regarding the potential, the pitfalls, the realities and the hopes for telemedicine's role in providing medical care to children and youth with special health care needs. Appendices include a checklist for families to use if telemedicine is offered to them, a family satisfaction questionnaire offered as a working model for programs to use with families experiencing telemedicine visits, a list of contacts of those who responded to the questionnaire, and a list of resources. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Family Voices, P.O. Box 37188, Albuquerque, NM 87176, Telephone: (505) 872-4774 Secondary Telephone: (888) 835-5669 Fax: (505) 872-4780 Web Site: http://www.familyvoices.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Families, Health personnel, Medical technology, Patient satisfaction, Questionnaires, Surveys, Telecommunications, Telemedicine

Annotation: This final report describes a project in three areas of Wisconsin to examine and detail the impact of managed care services on access to health care services by children with special health care needs and their families and to develop strategies to improve family satisfaction and involvement in the care received. Topics include strategies to overcome barriers to coverage and access through partnerships with families, medical providers, policy makers, and representatives from managed care organizations (MCOs) and programming focused on health benefits counseling, coalition building, community education, and policy reform both insides and outside of MCOs. The report includes the following sections: (1) purpose of the project, (2) goals and objectives, (3) methodology, (4) evaluation, (5) results and outcomes, (6) publications and products, (7) dissemination and utilization of results, (8) future plans and follow-up, and (9) types and amount of support and resources needed to replicate the project.[Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: ABC for Health, 32 North Bassett Street, Madison, WI 53703, Telephone: (608) 261-6939 Secondary Telephone: (800) 585-4222 Fax: (608) 261-6938 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.safetyweb.org/

Keywords: Access to health care, Advocacy, Barriers, Children with special health care needs, Families, Final reports, MCH research, Managed care, Parent participation, Patient satisfaction, Service integration, Wisconsin

Annotation: This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the National Survey of Early Childhood Health, a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The survey was designed to assess parents' perceptions of their children's pediatric care. The report outlines key features of the survey, background information, sample design, the questionnaire, survey operations, data files, estimation procedures, quality control, and guidelines for data use. References are provided. The appendices include a sampling and sampling weight technical summary; related survey content and sources of questions; computer-assisted telephone interviewing specifications; a sample advance letter; and disposition code frequencies and response rate calculations.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Evaluation, Health promotion, National surveys, Patient satisfaction, Pediatric care, Research design, Surveys, Young children

Annotation: This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The survey was designed to assess parents' perceptions of their children's pediatric care. The report outlines key features of the survey, background information, sample design, the questionnaire, survey operations, data files, estimation procedures, quality control, and guidelines for data use. References are provided. The appendices include a sampling and sampling weight technical summary; related survey content and sources of questions; computer-assisted telephone interviewing specifications; a sample advance letter; and disposition code frequencies and response rate calculations.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs $20.00; also available from the website. Document Number: DHHS (PHS) 2003-1317.

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Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Evaluation, Health promotion, National surveys, Patient satisfaction, Pediatric care, Research design, Surveys

Annotation: This report gives fifty recommendations to improve the quality of health care in the United States. The recommendations cover the following areas: improving quality in a changing health care industry, establishing health care quality as a national priority, strengthening the market to improve quality, and building the capacity to improve quality. Appendices include a consumer bill of rights and responsibilities, the commission charter, subcommittee membership, and commission staff biographies.

Contact: Consumer Bill of Rights, Box 2429, Columbia, MD 21045, Telephone: (800) 358-9295 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.hcqualitycommission.gov/cborr Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-049533-4.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Health care reform, Health services, Patient satisfaction, Quality assurance

Annotation: This report results from a two-year study on the use of certified nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and physician assistants in the southern states and territories in order to provide the mostly rural populations with better access to health care. The report aims to educate southern policymakers about the benefits of using these practitioners, to document barriers to their practicing, and to assist these states and territories in improving the legal and regulatory environment for their practice. The report reviews research on the quality of care; and cost-effectiveness of care delivered by these practitioners; describes site visits in Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida; and makes recommendations.

Keywords: Childbirth, Cost effectiveness, Florida, Georgia, Infant morbidity, Infant mortality, Louisiana, Nurse midwives, Nurse practitioners, Patient satisfaction, Physician assistants, Quality assurance, Southern United States, Statistics, Treatment outcome

Annotation: This document reports on the care of children with chronic illnesses at a managed care center attached to the University of Minnesota. Interviewers determined the parents' feelings, experiences, and needs, the managements' concerns, and physicians' perspective. The report discusses utilization of the services, costs, insurance, habilitation provided by schools and other agencies, and difficulties experienced by the parents and and by physicians. The report ends with recommendations for this system and for national care for chronically ill children and their families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]

Contact: University of Minnesota, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota Gateway, 200 Oak Street, S.E., Suite 260, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Telephone: (612) 624-2820 Secondary Telephone: (800) 276-8642 Contact Phone: (612) 624-3939 (V/TTY) Fax: (612) 624-0097 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://med.umn.edu/pediatrics/divisions/general-pediatrics-and-adolescent-health Available from the website.

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Keywords: Case management, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Habilitation, Health care financing, Health insurance, Managed care, Patient satisfaction