Clinicians & Providers

• Asthma Care Quality for Children with Minority-serving Providers
• CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program
• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States
• Identifying Child Health Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research from the IOM's Report
• Initial Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures
• Lessons Learned from the Process Used to Identify an Initial Core Quality Measure Set for Children's Health Care in Medicaid and CHIP
• National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
• Second Meeting of the Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• To Report or To Not Report: Examination of the Initial Primary Care Management of Suspicious Childhood Injuries
• Tools for Research: Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®)
• Tools for Research: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• Tools for Research: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Uncertain Health Insurance Coverage and Unmet Children's Health Care Needs

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Child Health Extramural Research by State and Country

Policymaker Resources

• Child Health Extramural Research by State and Country
• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States
• Strategic Plan: Children as a Priority Population

Other Research & Data

• Child Health Extramural Research by State and Country
• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States
• Lakeland Regional Medical Center
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• Social Security Administration
• To Report or To Not Report: Examination of the Initial Primary Care Management of Suspicious Childhood Injuries

Press Releases

October 24 2011 20111024

Report Finds Parent Training Effective for Treating Young Children With ADHD

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News & Numbers

October 12 2011 20111012

Children's Use of Asthma Controller Drugs Doubles

August 10 2011 20110810

Hospitalizations for Children with Influenza and Skin Infections Increased in the Last Decade

July 28 2011 20110728

Drug Expenses for Children With Asthma More Than Doubled in 10 Years

June 29 2011 20110629

Black Children More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Severe Asthma Attacks

May 25 2011 20110525

School-Age Children Treated Most Often for Sports-Related Concussions

September 1 2010 20100901

Oregon and Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations for Children With Asthma

April 20 2010 20100420

Black Children Hospitalized More Often for Ruptured Appendix

Other News & Events

• Adverse events occurring during pediatric sedation are recorded in charts but not always reported
• Annual screening for malignancy among children with spina bifida with cystoplasty unlikely to be cost effective
• Certain factors increase risk of medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Children whose parents lack a usual source of care are more likely to have unmet medical needs
• Children with health insurance are less likely to receive needed services if their parents are uninsured
• Children with special health care needs with disabilities have greater unmet health care needs than those without disabilities
• Children's hospitals are pressed to capacity by response to pandemic outbreaks
• Consolidating blood draws may help reduce blood loss in critically ill children
• Going smooth can help relieve weekday crowding at children's hospitals
• Hospitalizations for children with influenza and skin infections increased in the last decade
• Increased child hospitalizations are associated with the mother's mental state and confidence in parenting
• Kidney-sparing surgery for children with renal tumors has equivalent in-hospital results to kidney removal surgery
• Many black parents believe soft bedding will keep their infants safe from sudden infant death syndrome
• Many hospitalized children receive numerous medications, raising potential safety concerns
• Married couples who have twins are more likely to divorce
• Mother-infant interactions associated with use of health services
• New Patient-Centered Medical Home Brief and White Paper Now Available
• New Spanish-language Guides Help Consumers with Treatments for Common Illnesses
• New Web Videonovela Series Helps Spanish-Speaking Patients Compare Treatments for Diabetes
• Report Finds Parent Training Effective for Treating Young Children with ADHD
• Smoking Is Bad for Babies: Obstetric Care Providers' Use of Best Practice Smoking Cessation Counseling Techniques
• Study questions usefulness of hospital readmission rates as marker of care quality for pediatric sickle cell disease
• Surgery and imaging rates for children's kidney stones are stable, but vary greatly from hospital to hospital