TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - US Healthcare System
A1  - Raphael, Jean L.
A1  - Giardino, Angelo P.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
Y1  - 2018
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - In  order  to  provide  high-quality  care  to  children  in  an  evolving  healthcare  landscape,  it  is  becoming  increasingly  imperative  that  pediatricians  become  familiar  with  the  fundamental  components  of  the  US  healthcare  system.  Over  the  past  decade,  healthcare  providers  have  experienced  reforms  across  a  diverse  set  of  areas—frameworks  of  health  and  health  care,  reimbursement,  performance  measurement  and  performance-based  incentives,  healthcare  coverage,  quality  improvement,  and  information  technology.  All  of  these  reforms  critically  impact  the  environment  in  which  pediatricians  practice,  the  types  of  functions  to  which  they  are  accountable,  and  how  they  can  best  advocate  for  the  needs  of  children.  As  pediatricians  attempt  to  adapt  and  thrive  in  the  new  environment  of  health  care,  they  do  so  with  the  understanding  that  many  reforms  are  based  on  adult  models  of  care  that  do  not  reflect  the  unique  characteristics  and  experiences  of  children  within  the  healthcare  system.  According  to  a  model  first  conceptualized  by  Forrest  et  al  in  1997,  and  later  modified  by  Stille  et  al  in  2010,  children  differ  from  adults  in  the  5  Ds:  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182915567
ER  -