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Presence and extent of the primary health care attributes among children hospitalized for pneumonia
Hospital discharges for fever and neutropenia in pediatric cancer patients: United States, 2009
Application of discrete choice experiments to enhance stakeholder engagement as a strategy for advancing implementation: a systematic review
Assessing the long-term impact of public investments in comparative effectiveness research: conceptual framework and lessons learned
Characteristics Associated with Patient-Centered Medical Home Capability in Health Centers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Mastering Blockchain: distributed ledgers, decentralization and smart contracts explained
Abstract Background The objectives of this investigation are to evaluate the use of health care services for non-communicable disease and prevention by children and adolescents and to identify the factors linked to the use of health care services. Methods This cross-sectional survey was conducted between December 2014 and January 2015 among 1198 parents of students aged between 5 and 18Â years attending 12 selected schools in the geographic area of Salerno and Naples, Italy, using a self-administered questionnarie. Results 68.2% of parents stated that had visited their general practitioner (GP) or family pediatrician (FP) with their child in the last year. 66.2% of children had had at least one visit to a specialist and more than half (54.8%) had had preventive care visits in the last year. The use of preventive care visits within last year was significantly higher amongst female, among those who had visited their GP or FP and among those who had a parent with a college degree or higher. The proportion of emergency department visits and hospital admissions reported were 12.8% and 4.7% respectively. Conclusion This results highlights the need of educational interventions for parents and adolescents in order to increase the utilization of preventive health services