Youth with complex health care needs, defined as those requiring specialized health care
and services for physical, developmental, and/or mental health conditions, are often cared …

Risk and vulnerability encompass many dimensions of the transition from adolescence to
adulthood. Transition from pediatric, parent-supervised health care to more independent …

The successful transition of the young adult patient with chronic disease to adult care is an
important milestone in pediatric medicine. The ability to transition care, which for many with …

Aims To describe patterns of primary and diabetes care during transition age (17 to< 19
years) into early adulthood (age 19 to 26 years), and to evaluate the association of primary …

Importance Adolescents with severe mental illness often age out of pediatric care without a
clear transfer of care to adult services. The extent to which primary care provides stability …

The transition to adult health care (HCT, Health Care Transition), is the purposeful, planned
movement of patients from paediatric to adult services. For the adolescent living with obesity …

Background The transition from pediatric to adult care poses a significant health system–
level challenge impeding the delivery of quality health services for youth with chronic health …

Introduction Adjusted morbidity groups (AMG) are being used in the stratification of chronic
patients in Primary Care (PC). The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of the transfer from pediatric to adult care on health
services use for adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Study design A …

OBJECTIVES: Evidence is mixed regarding the impact of false-positive (FP) newborn
bloodspot screening (NBS) results on health care use. Using cystic fibrosis (CF) as an …