How to best deliver care to children with chronic illness: Cystic fibrosis as a model

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 822-828

  Kaslovsky, Robert ^a   Sadof, Matthew ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

children with special healthcare needs; coordination of care; cystic fibrosis; medical home; primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FAMILY SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 78649510652     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833faa5e     Document Type: Review

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