Gaps in Well-Child Care Attendance Among Primary Care Clinics Serving Low-Income Families.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

It is unclear which specific well-child visits (WCVs) are most frequently missed and whether age-specific patterns of attendance differ by race or insurance type.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children 0 to 6 years old between 2011 and 2016 within 2 health networks spanning 20 states. WCVs were identified by using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and 10th Revisions and Current Procedural Terminology codes. We calculated adherence to the 13 American Academy of Pediatrics-recommended WCVs from birth to age 6 years. To address data completeness, we made 2 adherence calculations after a child's last recorded WCV: 1 in which we assumed all subsequent WCVs were attended outside the network and 1 i

SUBMITTER: Wolf ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063686 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature