PEDIATRICS Vol. 1 No. 2 February 1948, pp. 227-236
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TOTAL VOLUME OF MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF EIGHT STATES

WARREN R. SISSON M.D.1, KATHERINE BAIN M.D.1, ROLLO H. BRITTEN M.A.1, MARYLAND Y. PENNELL M.Sc. Hyg.1, and JOHN P. HUBBARD M.D.2

1 The American Academy of Pediatrics, Study of Child Health Services.
2 Director, The American Academy of Pediatrics, Study of Child Health Services.

AN ASSIGNMENT has been given to me to present the first official results of the Study of Child Health Services, instituted by the Academy and executed by the Academy with the cooperation of the U. S. Public Health Service and the U. S. Children's Bureau. The paper which I am to read represents the results of work by you and compiled by your Executive Staff of the Study. One would like to conjecture how the future historian of the Academy will evaluate the transactions of this afternoon's session. Certainly this meeting marks a milestone in that it represents an awareness of public health problems, especially those of children, which have never before been so intimately studied. Furthermore, it is noteworthy because of the actual achievement of an investigation of a scope never previously paralleled by a group of physicians. Also the Study has revealed that, with common objectives, groups of physicians in private practice and those from the ranks of academic circles, along with personnel from established governmental bureaus, can work effectively together. It should be reiterated that the Study could not have been accomplished by us as a group of physicians alone nor by any existing governmental department. The two cooperating federal agencies, the U. S. Public Health Service and the U. S. Children's Bureau, have trained personnel with interest and experience in public health problems and in the conduct of large-scale statistical studies. The Academy, on its part, has first-hand experience in medical service and an intimate knowledge of those who are rendering service to children, and through its various members has been able to impart knowledge which otherwise would not have been available.




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