Determinants of children's health
Subtitle: final report
By: Michael Grossman [and 4 others]
Contributors: National Center for Health Services Research; National Bureau of Economic Research
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Children; Health and hygiene; Research; Family demography; Child health services; Teenagers; Medical care; Nutrition; Growth; Health surveys; Health Surveys; Family Characteristics; Health Services Research
Other titles: EPSDT: potential benefits / Medicaid's program / EPSDT / children / youth / determinants / children's health.
Description: The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables such as family income, parents' schooling, preventive medical care, and health manpower availability. Wherever possible, children's health is studied in the context of the nature-nurture controversy. The findings indicate that family characteristics (especially mother's schooling) do have significant impacts on children's health and that preventive care is an important vehicle for this impact in the case of dental health but not in the case of physical health. Similarly, the greater availability of dentists has a positive impact on dental health, but greater availability of pediatricians does not alter the physical health measures.
Notes: "February 1980."

Includes bibliographical references.

Supported by National Center for Health Services Research 1 R01 HS 02917.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Children's health and the family; title: 3. Income and race differences in children's health; title: 4. Adolescent health, family background, and preventive medical care; title: 5. The dynamics of health and cognitive development in adolescence; title: 6. The choice of diet for young children and its relationship to children's growth; title: 7. An economic analysis of the diet, growth, and health of young children in the United States; title: 8. Summary of findings.