Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages A35-A36 , March 2007

NAPNAP Position Statement on Access to Care

References 

  1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Supporting research that improves health care for children and adolescents. 2000;(AHRQ Publication No. 00-P017). Retrieved October 5, 2006, from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/childbrf.htm
  2. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Access to pediatric emergency medical care. Pediatrics. 2000;105(3):647–649
  3. Blendon RJ, Kim M, Benson JM. The public versus the World Health Organization on health system performance. Health Affairs. 2001;May/June:10–20
  4. Demske A. NAPNAP: Increasing—not decreasing—access to health care for children. 2006;Retrieved October 6, 2006, from http://www.napnap.org/index.cfm?page=11
  5. Gresenz CR, Rogowski J, Escaree JJ. Dimensions of local health care environment and use of care by uninsured children in rural and urban areas. Pediatrics. 2006;117:509–517
  6. Health Care Financing Administration. SCHIP enrollment reaches 3.3 million. 2001;[Press release]. Retrieved October 5, 2006, from http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
  7. Kenney G, Chang DL. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program: successes, shortcomings and challenges. [Electronic version] Health Affairs. 2004;23:51–62
  8. Lindeke LL, Jukkala AJ. Rural NP practice barriers and strategies: One state’s story. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2005;9:11–18
  9. Mullin KA, Ambrosia T. Role of the nurse practitioner in providing health care for the homeless. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2005;9:37–44
  10. Pincus HA, Thomas S, Keyser D, Castle NG, Dembrosky JW, Firth R, et al. Improving maternal and child health care (A blueprint for community action in the Pittsburgh region). 2005;Retrieved October 5, 2006, from http://wwwrand.org/pubs/monographs
  11. Reavis C. Nurse practitioner-delivered primary health care in urban ambulatory care settings. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2004;8:41–49
  12. Rhoades Smucker JM. Managed care and children with special health care needs. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 2001;15:3–9
  13. Stevens GD, Seid M, Halfon N. Enrolling vulnerable, uninsured but eligible children in public health insurance: Association with health status and primary care access. Pediatrics. 2006;177:751–759
  14. Sun WY, Sangweni B, Butts G, Nguyen B, Ingster S. Assessment of an outreach program that links children who use New York City immunization clinics to primary care. Health Mark Quarterly. 1999;17:9–22
  15. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010: Understanding and improving health. 2nd ed.. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000;(November)
  16. World Health Organization. The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems—Improving Performance. 2000;Geneva

 Adopted by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ Executive Board on November 4, 2006.All regular position statements from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time.

PII: S0891-5245(06)00693-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2006.11.006

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages A35-A36 , March 2007