Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action
Subtitle: A Description of Group Process Methods Used to Generate Committee Recommendations
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Perfect Paperback
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9780833031464
Subjects: Health Care Delivery; Sociology; Government policy; Medical / Nursing; United States; Health systems & services; Public health & preventive medicine; USA; Asthma in children
First sentence: This report describes the group process used to arrive at the policy recommendations proposed in Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action.
Description: Over the course of 2000, RAND Health engaged an interdisciplinarycommittee of nationally recognized leaders in childhood asthma in a structured group process to arrive at the policy recommendations proposed in Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action, by M. Lara, W. Nicholas, S. Morton, M. Vaiana, B. Genovese, and G. Rachelefsky, RAND, MR-1330, 2001. That report summarizes the findings of an effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to 1) Identify a range of policy actions in both the public and private sectors that could improve childhood asthma outcomes nationwide, 2) Select a subset of policies to create a blueprint for national policy in this area, 3) Outline alternatives to implement these policies that build on prior efforts. This effort is part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pediatric Asthma Initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to address current gaps in national childhood asthma care through clinical and nonclinical approaches to improve the management of childhood asthma. It is the first national initiative that simultaneously addresses treatment, policy, and financing issues for children with asthma at the patient, provider, and institutional levels.