TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Healthcare Transition from Pediatric to Adult-Based Care for Youth and Young Adults with Special Healthcare Needs A1 - Wiemann, Constance M. A1 - Hergenroeder, Albert C. A1 - Garland, Beth H. A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Approximately 1 in 5 US families has a 6- to 21-year-old with a chronic illness. With advances in medicine that have improved the outcome for children with chronic illnesses, 90% of youth with special healthcare needs of a physical nature will enter adulthood, numbering one-half million annually. In addition to physical conditions, there are an estimated 600,000 16- to 17-year-olds in the United States with a serious mental illness. In fact, a number of chronic and severe mental health diagnoses (eg, schizophrenia, anxiety, eating disorders) present most often during this transition age period. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182922714 ER -