Executive summary of an early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment demonstration
Subtitle: June 1979 (final revision) : conducted by the Contra Costa County Health Department, Contra Costa County, California, 1973-1977
By: report prepared by Health Services Research Institute
Contributors: Wood, Orlyn; Khanna, Jogi; Martin, Harry W.; Dickson, Harold D.; Contra Costa County (Calif.). Health Department; United States. Social and Rehabilitation Service; United States. Health Care Financing Administration; California. Department of Health
Edition: Final revision.
Publisher: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Health Services Research Institute
Published: 1979
Place of publication: [San Antonio, Texas]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Medical examinations; Preventive health services for children; Poor children; Evaluation; Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program (U.S.)
Other titles: Summary report and recommendations of an early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment demonstration.; Contra Costa County, California EPSDT demonstration, 1973-1977 :
Notes: Final revision written June 1979.

Demonstration conducted by Contra Costa County Health Department, Orlyn Wood, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer and Jogi Khanna, M.D., M.P.H., Project Director Chief, Community Health Services Division.

Evaluated by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Health Services Research Institute, Harry W. Martin, Ph.D., Director and Harold D. Dickson, Ph.D., Principal Evaluator Deputy Director, HSRI.

Conducted under a grant from the Social and Rehabilitation Service (now Health Care Financing Administration) to the California State Health Department 11-P-57671/9.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Introduction and objective of the project; title: Background to the project; title: Program modifications due to the project; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Questions to be answered; title: What is the optimal staffing pattern for EPSDT clinics?; title: How can documented rates of treatment for problems found in screening be increased?; title: Are there any screening procedures or ways of doing those procedures usually employed in EPSDT which can be omitted or changed without serious risks?; title: Can screening be targeted?; title: What is the cost of operating an effective EPSDT program?; title: Is there any evidence indicative of EPSDT health benefits?; title: Aspects of the demonstration approach; title: Concluding remarks.