Well-Child Care: How Much Is Enough?

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Commentary Health AffairsVol. 8, No. 3 Well-Child Care: How Much Is Enough?Judith L. Wagner, Roger C. Herdman, and David W. Alberts AffiliationsU.S Congress Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)OTA's Health and Life Sciences DivisionOTAPUBLISHED:Fall 1989No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.8.3.147AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleTOPICSChildren's healthAccess to careVaccinesMedicaidMaternal healthEarly and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment servicesWell-child visitsCosts and spendingClinical careHealth benefits Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 8 History Published online 1 January 1989 InformationCopyright © by Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis Commentary is based in part on work done by the authors for the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) as part of an assessment of children's health. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the OTA or its Technology Assessment Board. The authors thank Charles Homer for his comments in the preparation of this Commentary.PDF downloadCited ByEngaging Beneficiaries In Medicaid Programs That Incentivize Health-Promoting BehaviorsMadhulika Vulimiri, William K. Bleser, Robert S. Saunders, Farrah Madanay, Connor Moseley, Hunter F. McGuire, Peter A. Ubel, Aaron McKethan, Mark McClellan, and Charlene A. Wong4 March 2019 | Health Affairs, Vol. 38, No. 3Mothers’ Employment Attributes and Use of Preventive Child Health Services3 August 2016 | Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 74, No. 2The Role of School-Based Health Centers in Increasing Universal and Targeted Delivery of Primary and Preventive Care Among Adolescents10 July 2014 | Journal of School Health, Vol. 84, No. 8Delivery of Well-Child Care: A Look Inside the DoorAcademic Pediatrics, Vol. 11, No. 1Vaccination visits in early childhood32Address reprint requests to: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program Resource Center, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-34, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Fax: (404) 639-8828.33The full text of this article is available via AJPM Online at www.elsevier.com/locate/ajpmonline.American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 4Poverty, insurance, and well‐baby care among mainland Puerto Rican children23 August 2010 | Biodemography and Social Biology, Vol. 48, No. 1-2Methodologic Issues in Pediatric Outcomes ResearchAmbulatory Pediatrics, Vol. 1, No. 1Availability and Accessibility of Rural Health CareThe Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 6, No. 4