TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Population Health Management and Pediatrics A1 - Schwarzwald, Heidi A1 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Kline, Mark W. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Population health is a term that reflects the health of patients across continuums of care with a goal of improving health outcomes. Its definition reflects the users’ relationship to that continuum: public health, advocacy and policy, research, or clinical care delivery. Public health has traditionally been focused on the safety and health of families and communities by preventing and treating diseases and injuries where children and their families live, learn, work, and play. Population health differs from public health in two main ways. First, it is dictated less by governmental health departments, and second, it is more inclusive of the healthcare delivery system. The focus of population health may span geography (eg, a region), a condition (eg, children with a chronic condition such as asthma), a payer (eg, patients in an accountable care organization or within a health plan), or any characteristic that would link accountability for outcomes for that group of patients. This gives rise to the concept of population management, where a common condition or other linking element may drive the practitioner to create and implement prevention or care strategies and promote health for groups of patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182915818 ER -