The Interwoven Nature of Medical and Social Complexity in US Children

Jay G Berry; Debbi Harris; Ryan J Coller; Paul J Chung; Jonathan Rodean; Michelle Macy; Deborah E Linares

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0280

The Interwoven Nature of Medical and Social Complexity in US Children

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Sep 1;174(9):891-893. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0280.

Authors

Jay G Berry¹, Debbi Harris², Ryan J Coller³, Paul J Chung⁴, Jonathan Rodean⁵, Michelle Macy⁶, Deborah E Linares⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Family Voices of Minnesota, Stillwater.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) and Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles.
⁵ Children's Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2017 National Survey of Children’s Health to assess whether social challenges increase with higher medical condition complexity among US children.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child Health Services / organization & administration*
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disabled Children / rehabilitation*
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Retrospective Studies
Social Work / methods*
United States