Background Access to healthcare is a poorly defined construct, with insufficient
understanding of differences in facilitators and barriers between US urban versus rural …

Problem Pediatric specialty services are often geographically concentrated in urban areas,
leaving up to 1 in 5 rural-dwelling children in the United States without access to advanced …

Background: Telehealth offers strategies to improve access to subspecialty care for children
in rural communities. Rural pediatrician experiences and preferences regarding the use of …

Abstract Background and Objectives Pediatricians face numerous challenges in providing
care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Few studies have described …

Introduction The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) has increased and varies
across age groups. Thus there is an increasing need for educational opportunities for …

Background: This paper describes the methods for an observational comparative
effectiveness research study designed to test the association between practice-level medical …

Background With malignant melanoma incidence rates at a historic national high and
greater tumor thickness being the most significant prognostic determinant, early lesion …

One of the important determinants of population health is an adequate access to health care
services. Information about health care which was seen by people as needed, but not …

With medical and surgical advances over the past 60 years, more young adults with
congenital heart disease are surviving into adulthood. Unfortunately, adolescence is a time …

Purpose: The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice project was to implement a quality
improvement project to evaluate whether patients value home-health checks by community …