Motherhood and apple pie: the effectiveness of medical care for children.
The impact upon health of changes in public policy regarding health services has not been systematically assessed. The long-term, and largely irreversible, effects of reduced support for health services to children present special challenges to collaborative research between clinical and public health approaches. Preliminary evidence from such a collaborative study of a variety of illnesses and interventions is persuasive of real benefit from prompt access to medical care.
D000138:Acidosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008581:Meningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D010661:Phenylketonurias / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D014481:United States