Title of article :
Transition Care: Future Directions in Education, Health Policy, and Outcomes Research
Author/Authors :
Sharma، نويسنده , , Niraj and O’Hare، نويسنده , , Kitty and Antonelli، نويسنده , , Richard C. and Sawicki، نويسنده , , Gregory S.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Pages :
8
From page :
120
To page :
127
Abstract :
All youth must transition from pediatric to adult-centered medical care. This process is especially difficult for youth with special health care needs. Many youth do not receive the age-appropriate medical care they need and are at risk during this vulnerable time. Previous research has identified barriers that may prevent effective transition, and protocols have been developed to improve the process. Health outcomes related to successful transition have yet to be fully defined. care transition can also be influenced by education of providers, but there are gaps in medical education at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. Current changes in federal health policy allow improved health care coverage, provide some new financial incentives, and test new structures for transitional care, including the evolution of accountable care organizations (ACO). Future work must test how these systems changes will affect quality of care. Finally, transition protocols exist in various medical subspecialties; however, national survey results show no improvement in transition readiness, and there are no consistent measures of what constitutes transition success. er to advance the field of transition, research must be done to integrate transition curricula at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels; to provide advance financial incentives and pilot the ACO model in centers providing care to youth during transition; to define outcome measures of importance to transition; and to study the effectiveness of current transition tools on improving these outcomes.
Keywords :
TRANSITION , youth with special health care needs , Health care financing , Medical education , Outcomes research , health policy
Journal title :
Academic Pediatrics
Serial Year :
2014
Journal title :
Academic Pediatrics
Record number :
1746716
Link To Document :
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