PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 5 November 1976, pp. 772
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What Is "Adequate Well-Baby Care"?

Robert W. Chamberlin M.D.1

1 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York 14642

In reference to Hoekelman's study on "What Constitutes Adequate Well-Baby Care," I have concerns about how the study will be interpreted and would like to raise some issues I don't think were adequately covered in the article. My major concern is that people who read this may jump to the conclusion that three well-child visits during the first year are all that are necessary to provide "adequate well-baby care." My own feeling is that Hoekelman's measures do not, in fact, identify important aspects of "adequate well-baby care."