Improving the quality of healthcare for children
Subtitle: an agenda for research ; articles from an invitational conference "Improving the quality of health care for children : an agenda for research", McLean, Virginia, May 28-30, 1997
By: sponsored by a public-rivate partnership, Association for Health Services Research ... etc. ; Neal Halfon ... [et al.] guest editors.
Contributors: Halfon, Neil.; Association for Health Services Research.
Series: Health services research -- v. 33, no. 4, part II (Oct. 1998); Health services research -- v. 33, no. 4, pt. 2.
Publisher: American College of Healthcare Executives
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1184
Subjects: Children -- Health and hygiene -- Congresses.; Child health services -- United States -- Congresses.; Pediatrics -- Congresses.
Notes: "A special supplement to HSR".

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Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Improving quality of healthcare for children : implementing the results of the AHSR research agenda conference / Neal Halfon, Mark Schuster, Wendy Valentine, and Elizabeth McGlynn; value: Overview of issues in improving quality of care for children / Elizabeth A. McGlynn and Neal Halfon; value: The health of children / Peter G. Szilagyi and Edward L. Schor; value: Issues in studying the effectiveness of health services for children / Tracy A Lieu and Thomas B. Newman; value: Assessing the quality of healthcare provided to children / Rita Mangione-Smith and Elizabeth A. McGlynn; value: Improving the quality of care for children in health systems / Charles J. Homer, Lawrence C. Kleinman, and Donald A. Goldmann; value: Assessing the performance of community systems for children / Helen M. DuPlessis, Moire Inkelas, and Neal Halfon; value: Getting the incentives right for children / Sherry Glied; value: Specific issues related to developing, disseminating and implementing pediatric practice guidelines for physicians, patients, families, and other stakeholders / Howard Bauchner and Lisa Simpson.