During the past 25 years, health services researchers have made impressive strides in developing methods to understand the organization and financing of health care systems and to assess the effectiveness of health care services and their impact on patient outcomes. Most of the work, however, focuses on health care for adults, leaving important gaps in the understanding of health care services for children. Contents Overview 1. Introduction The Need for a Children's Health Research Agenda Examples of New Findings Continuing to Expand the Research Base 2. Conference Grants Evidence Reports 3.
Most children enjoy good health.
Nonetheless, all children can benefit from appropriate and timely health care for common illnesses and injuries of childhood and from preventive services such as immunizations. Over the past quarter century, health services researchers have built an impressive research base in adult health. John M. Eisenberg, M.D. Administrator Lisa A. Simpson, M.B., B.Ch. Deputy Administrator Return to Contents 1. If these illnesses are not prevented, or treated when they first manifest, the opportunity to minimize damage to the child's health can be lost, leading to lifelong and often expensive disabilities.