Abstract
Background As youth with spina bifida age out of pediatrics, they have difficulty transferring care to adult providers. Care is fragmented with a loss of follow-up. Clinicians in adult health care are untrained in historically, pediatric conditions. Understanding health status, functional status, and health-related quality of life [1]in spina bifida is important in a life-span approach to care.
Highlights
As youth with spina bifida age out of pediatrics, they have difficulty transferring care to adult providers
5th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities Patrick Knott, Margaret King-Schumacher and Theodoros B Grivas Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
Understanding health status, functional status, and health-related quality of life [1]in spina bifida is important in a life-span approach to care
Summary
As youth with spina bifida age out of pediatrics, they have difficulty transferring care to adult providers. Address: University of Connecticut Health Center, Connecticut, USA from 5th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities Athens, Greece.
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