title: Do your pediatric patients have chronic health conditions? Medical history responses may not be accurate.
abstract: A review was conducted of a series of studies that raised questions regarding the accuracy of: 1) reports on the national prevalence rates of chronic disabling conditions in children, and 2) parental reports to individual practitioners on the health condition of their children. Practitioners are alerted to the seriousness of these realities.
authors.affiliation: Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentistry, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA. HWaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: H Barry
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swerdloff
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003469:Culture; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D004522:Educational Status; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007802:Language; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008499:Medical Records; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D011368:Professional-Family Relations