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Journal Issue: U.S. Health Care for Children Volume 2 Number 2 Winter 1992

Child and Adolescent Health Status Measures
Authors: Barbara Starfield

Endnotes

  1. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. Healthy children: Investing in the future. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office (OTA-H-345), 1988.
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  3. McCormick, M. The contribution of low birth weight to infant mortality and childhood morbidity. New England Journal of Medicine (1985) 312:82–90.
  4. Shapiro, S., McCormick, M., Starfield, B., and Crawley, B. Changes in infant morbidity associated with decreases in neonatal mortality. Pediatrics (1983) 72:408–15.
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  6. Adams, P., and Benson, V. Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 1989. Vital and Health Statistics 10(176). National Center for Health Statistics, 1990.
  7. Starfield, B., and Newacheck, P. Children's health status, health risks, and use of health services. In Children in a changing health system: Assessment and proposals for reform. M. Schlesinger and L. Eisenberg, eds. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990, pp. 3–26.
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  9. Data from a more recent examination survey conducted in the late 1980s are not yet available.
  10. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The nature and extent of lead poisoning in children in the U.S.: A report to Congress. Atlanta: DHHS, 1988.
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  12. Hankin, J., and Starfield, B. Epidemiologic perspectives on psychosocial problems in children. In Child health behavior. N. Krasnegor, J. Arasteh, M. Cataldo, eds. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1986.
  13. Klerman, L. Alive and well? A research and policy review of health programs for poor young children. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, 1991, p. 69.
  14. Centers for Disease Control. The second 100,000 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome—U.S., June 1981–December 1991. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (1992) 41:28-29.
  15. Starfield, B., Shapiro, S., Weiss, J., et al. Race, family income, and low birth weight. American Journal of Epidemiology (1991) 134:1167–74.
  16. Starfield, B. Effects of poverty on health status. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (1992) 68:17–24.
  17. Starfield, B. The effectiveness of medical cure: Validating clinical wisdom. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.
  18. McManus, M., and Newacheck, P. Rural maternal, child and adolescent health. Health Services Research (1989) 23:807–48.
  19. Waller, A., Baker, S., and Szocka, A. Childhood injury deaths: National analysis and geographic variations. American Journal of Public Health (1989) 79:310–15.
  20. Baker, S., and Waller, A. Childhood injury: State by state mortality facts. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Injury Prevention Center, 1989.
  21. Campbell, J. Illness is a point of view: The development of children's concepts of illness. Child Development (1975) 46:92–100.
  22. Starfield, B., Weiner, J., Mumford, L., and Steinwachs, D. Ambulatory care groups: A categorization of diagnoses for research and management. Health Services Research (1991) 26, 1:53–74.
  23. Starfield, B., Katz, H., Gabriel, A., et al. Morbidity in childhood: A longitudinal view. New England Journal of Medicine (1984) 310:824–29.
  24. Diaz, C., Starfield, B., Holtzman, N., et al. Ill health and the use of medical care: Community-based assessment of morbidity in children. Medical Care (1986) 24:848–56.
  25. Peoples-Sheps, M., Siegel, E., Guild, P., and Cohen, S. The management and use of data on maternal and child health and crippled children: A survey. Public Health Reports (1986) 10:320–29.
  26. Rutstein, D., Berenberg, W., Chalmers, T., et al. Measuring the quality of medical care. New England Journal of Medicine (1976) 294:582–88.
  27. Miller, C.A., Fine, A., Adams-Taylor, S., and Schorr, L. Monitoring children's health: Key indicators. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 1986.
  28. Starfield, B. Primary care and health: A cross-national comparison. Journal of the American Medical Association (1991) 266:2269-71.
  29. Starfield, B. Primary care: Concept, evaluation and policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  30. Project Child, supported by the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, B. Starfield, principal investigator.