The Postpediatrician Transition

A Life Span Care Perspective

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ID12364763
AuthorsDeborah Viola (New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA, corresponding author), Peter S Arno (Political Economy Research Institute, Amherst, MA, USA), Jeanne G Byrnes (Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA), Elizabeth A Doran (New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA)
Year2013
Volume24
Issue4
Pages238-246
Publication date2013-11-05
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability Policy Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1044-2073 • E-ISSN: 1538-4802
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1044207313503684
OpenAlexW2325453756
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited49

A variety of factors impacts the transition from childhood to adulthood for persons with special health care needs or disabilities. Among these are the barriers in care coordination associated with our bifurcated health care delivery system in which pediatric medicine does not smoothly link up with the medical care received by adults. After reviewing the literature, we discuss the strong case to be made for reconceptualizing the medical home model, introducing a life span perspective to resolve the postpediatrician transition. Rather than a “hand off” from pediatrician to adult provider, this approach provides a pathway to fully integrating this patient population into our evolving health care system

Family medicine · Health care · Medical care · Medical home · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Primary care · Transition (genetics · Variety (cybernetics · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Child and Adolescent Health · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Computer Science · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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