Caring for children with medical complexity: Definitions, challenges and solutions

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Cohen, Eyal ^a,b,c   Friedman, Jeremy N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Management and Evaluation ^*  (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children with medical complexity; Children with special health care needs; Chronic care models; Complex care; Medical home

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEEDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84861746178     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: 18756336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339612800681253     Document Type: Review

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