Advocacy Pathway
Children with Chronic Conditions
Community Pediatrics
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Epidemiology & Health Services Pathway
General Pediatrics
Health Services Research
Neonatology
Public Health
David Keller, MD (he/him/his)
Professor
Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Scott Lorch, MD, MSCE (he/him/his)
Professor of Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvnaia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Children across the world continue to experience increased rates of mortality and morbidity that vary by geographic and socioeconomic status. One driver of these adverse outcomes is the ability of a child to access high-quality, risk-appropriate health care. In the United States, there are vast disparities in childhood access to pediatric care, whether it be pediatric primary care and telehealth services; pediatric subspecialty care; or high-intensity neonatal and pediatric hospital care. There are a number of drivers for such disparities, including patient factors such as insurance status and race/ethnicity, which limit where a child may receive care; community factors such as the availability of health care providers to deliver such care to patients; and state and national policies that underlie the delivery of health care to children. Understanding how these factors impact access to care and the outcomes of such inadequate care within a specific community is critical to develop methods to improve access to care.
Appropriate for health care practitioners of all pediatric specialties, this symposium will focus on access to pediatric primary care and telehealth services; pediatric subspecialty care; or high-intensity neonatal and pediatric hospital care. Led by three established investigators in this field, this Hot Topics symposium will discuss the current state of research on (1) the epidemiology and drivers of inadequate access to pediatric health care; (2) the outcomes of such inadequate access to care for various patients and communities; and (3) methods that health care practitioners can employ to improve access specifically within their community.
Speaker: Kristin Ray, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh
Speaker: gary Freed, MD, MPH – University of Michigan Medical School
Speaker: Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania