Developmentally disabled infants can be hard to trace
| Autor: | N. E. A. Davis, C. B. Gustafson, M. Sutton, E. F. Stone, John F. McLaughlin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
Washington
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Developmental Disabilities Medical care Medical Records 03 medical and health sciences Postal questionnaire 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Discharge summary Retrospective Studies Inpatient care Primary Health Care business.industry Infant Mean age Continuity of Patient Care medicine.disease Hospitals Pediatric Developmental disorder Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Hospital Bed Capacity 100 to 299 Geographic regions Medical Record Linkage business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical pediatrics. 23(4) |
| ISSN: | 0009-9228 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to determine how well the existing medical care system in a large geographic region communicates about and keeps track of the developmental problems of infants receiving tertiary inpatient care. Two hundred thirty-seven infants hospitalized in the first months of life were tracked, using a postal questionnaire at a mean age of 20 months. A discharge summary was present in 98 percent of charts, and a follow-up physician was identified in 95%. Questionnaires were returned by 116 physicians about 182 infants (77%). Seventy-one physicians had received a discharge summary. Current developmental information was obtained for 111 infants: 44 normal, 52 with known disabilities, and 15 with developmental delays. One hundred twenty-six infants could not be located at the time of the study. We conclude that many infants likely to have major disabilities are hard to track using simple retrospective techniques. |
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