title: Improving access to pediatric health care in Mississippi.
abstract: Working under the Mississippi Postneonatal Death Impact Project, the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in conjunction with the State Department of Health, helped improve access to pediatric health care in Mississippi. This was accomplished by developing a statewide telephone information and referral service (telephone case management), enlisting primary care physicians to treat a limited number of children without specific compensation and staging a public awareness campaign. System barriers encountered were identified and interagency coordination and cooperation suggested. This effort could be easily replicated and expanded.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi State Health Department, Jackson.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Abney
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D008922:Mississippi; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013689:Telephone