title: Characteristics of new patients at Illinois cleft palate teams.
abstract: The Illinois Association of Craniofacial Teams (IACT) surveyed all new patient visits to member teams in an effort to assess the needs of patients in Illinois. The survey determined the number of patients, their age at initial visit, the location and status of their defect, and their history of team visits. Four hundred eighty new patient visits were recorded. The number of patients was substantially lower than expected, and the large majority of older children seeing a team for the first time had repaired defects. It is concluded that the main opportunity for improving the quality of care for patients with clefts in Illinois may be in increasing the use of cleft palate teams.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Will
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000453:epidemiology; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015995:Prevalence