OBJECTIVE: Giving recommended immunizations during sick visits for minor and acute illness such as acute otitis media has long been an American Academy of Pediatrics/Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice recommendation. An addition to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy in 2010 advised considering whether giving immunizations at the sick visit would discouragemaking upmissed well-ba...

OBJECTIVE Giving recommended immunizations during sick visits for minor and acute illness such as acute otitis media has long been an American Academy of Pediatrics/Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice recommendation. An addition to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy in 2010 advised considering whether giving immunizations at the sick visit would discourage making up missed well-b...

OBJECTIVE: Giving recommended immunizations during sick visits for minor and acute illness such as acute otitis media has long been an American Academy of Pediatrics/Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice recommendation. An addition to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy in 2010 advised considering whether giving immunizations at the sick visit would discouragemaking upmissed well-ba...

BACKGROUND Previous studies of differences in mental health care associated with children's sociodemographic status have focused on access to community care. We examined differences associated with visits to the emergency department. METHODS We conducted a 6-year population-based cohort analysis using administrative databases of visits (n = 30,656) by children aged less than 18 years (n = 20,...

OBJECTIVE To study the medical service utilization changes and return on investment from a health plan's direct mailings that either encouraged members to receive influenza vaccinations or encouraged members to call a nurse advice service. STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial with 2 intervention groups and 1 control group consisting of all members over age 65 years who were enrolled in 5 ...

OBJECTIVES To examine patterns of dental service utilization for adult Medicaid enrollees in Wisconsin following nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits to the emergency department (ED). METHODS This is a retrospective, observational study of claims for NTDC visits to the ED and dental service encounters from the Wisconsin Medicaid Evaluation and Decision Support database (2001-2009). We ...

INTRODUCTION Unscheduled reattendances at the paediatric emergency department may contribute to overcrowding, which may increase financial burdens. The objectives of this study were to determine the rate of reattendances and characterise factors influencing these reattendances and hospital admission during the return visits. METHODS Medical records of all patients who attended the emergency d...

were referred to the clinic by their own doctors on definite medical indications, and no propaganda was carried out. During the five years in which the bureau operated the data were collected and advice given bv Dr. Moses herself with some assistance during the last two years from another woman physician. Careful follow-up work was done at the time of return visits to the clinic, and by letters...