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- Title
Placement changes and emergency department visits in the first year of foster care.
- Authors
Rubin, David M; Alessandrini, Evaline A; Feudtner, Chris; Localio, A Russell; Hadley, Trevor
- Abstract
Despite great needs, many children in foster care do not receive adequate medical care. Suboptimal care may be attributable in part to placement changes, which disrupt continuity of care by both a consistent surrogate parent and potentially a primary care physician. These disruptions in turn may lead to increased use of the emergency department (ED) for outpatient care. The primary aim of this study was to test whether a greater rate of placement changes was associated with increasing use of the ED among children in their first year of foster care. The secondary aim was to compare ED visit rates with rates of visits to other ambulatory care settings among children in foster care and other Medicaid-eligible children not in foster care.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 114, Issue 3, pe354
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.2003-0594-F