Effective well-child care

Autor: Lucy M. Osborn
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Current Problems in Pediatrics. 24:306-326
ISSN: 0045-9380
DOI: 10.1016/0045-9380(94)90011-6
Popis: Policymakers, researchers, and clinicians have questioned the effectiveness of well-child care for many years. As the nation faces decreasing resources for health care, the cost-effectiveness of all medical interventions must be critically examined. Simultaneous provision of universal access to care and containment of costs can only be accomplished if basic benefit packages are defined in a way that confines the services available to those procedures and treatments that have proven benefit at reasonable costs. Disease prevention and health promotion are activi
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