PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 1 July 1976, pp. 37-46
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Chronic Illness in Childhood: A Regional Survey of Care

I. Barry Pless M.D.1, Betty Satterwhite M.A.1, and Doris Van Vechten 1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York

Patterns of care provided by primary physicians for children with chronic physician illnesses are examied. Practices of pediatricians are compared with those of general practitioners in a ten-county region in Upstate New York. Data collected from 82 physicians surveyed in nine rural counties and one urban area indicate that, on the average, 7.4% of all children seen annually have one or more chronic conditions. Most such children are referred to subspecialists for part or all of their care; the frequency of referral, however, depends chiefly on the nature of the disorder. Primary responsiblity for the broader aspects of care is more often assumed by rural than urban physicians and more often by general practitioners than pediatricians. Nevertheless, mental health, social, and some technical services are generally underutilized by both groups of primary physicians.

Submitted on July 25, 1975
Accepted on November 1, 1975




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