
A new study by PolicyLab's Sophia Jan examined whether receiving surgery at a children's hospital or general hospital, or from a surgeon in a particular speciality, impacted outcomes for young people with inflammatory bowel disease....
A new study by PolicyLab's Sophia Jan examined whether receiving surgery at a children's hospital or general hospital, or from a surgeon in a particular speciality, impacted outcomes for young people with inflammatory bowel disease....
PolicyLab’s Sophia Jan published a Perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine describing how natural disasters reveal the vulnerabilities for patients with what are known as “functional needs.” These patients are dep...
PolicyLab’s Manny Jimenez and colleagues published a study in Academic Pediatrics identifying the factors that prevent children with developmental delays from actually receiving early intervention (EI) services. Through interviews w...
PolicyLab’s Alex Fiks and team have published a first-of-its-kind tool to help parents and health care providers better treat ADHD (attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder). The newly developed questionnaire helps families identify...
PolicyLab’s Joanne Wood published a study in Pediatrics that found inconsistency in pediatric hospitals’ screening practices for hard-to-detect injuries in cases of suspected child abuse. The variation in these screening patterns in...
In an article published in Child Abuse and Neglect, Kate Yun and colleagues examine research on the efficacy, effectiveness, ethics, and sustainability of approaches to supporting the long-term needs of children in out of home care ...
PolicyLab’s David Rubin and Meredith Matone published a study in Health Services Research showing an increase in the use of antipsychotic drugs among Medicaid-insured children from 2002 to 2007. This national study, the largest of ...
Evan Fieldston explores the concepts of cost, value, and efficiency in the child healthcare delivery system in “Pediatrics and the Dollar Sign,” a commentary published in the September 2012 issue of Academic Pediatrics. Through the ...
PolicyLab announces the release of two interactive maps featuring national and state-level trends in psychotropic medication use among children in foster care. The safe and limited use of these medications is a current federal prior...
PolicyLab’s Cynthia Mollen published an article exploring language associations with contraception, emergency contraception (EC), and pregnancy among adolescent women that raises questions about whether adolescents understand these ...
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