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Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States

A Blueprint for Policy Action

By: Marielena Lara,Will Nicholas,Sally C. Morton,Mary E. Vaiana,Barbara Genovese

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Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States

A Blueprint for Policy Action

By: Marielena Lara,Will Nicholas,Sally C. Morton,Mary E. Vaiana,Barbara Genovese

One-liner: A set of policy recommendations to promote the development and maintenance of communities in which children with asthma can be swiftly diagnosed, effectively treated, and protected from exposure to harmful environmental factors. An estimated 5 million U.S. children have asthma. Too many of these children are unnecessarily impaired. Much of the money spent on asthma is for high-cost health care services to treat acute periods of illness. Many asthma attacks could be avoided--and much suffering prevented and many medical costs saved--if more children received good-quality, ongoing asthma care and if the 11 policy recommendations presented in this report were implemented in a oordinated fashion. A national call to action, the policy recommendations span public and private interests and compel integration of public health activities across local, state, and federal levels. This report summarizes the findings of an effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the Pediatric Asthma Initiative, whose purpose is to address current gaps in national childhood asthma care. It is the first national initiative that simultaneously addresses treatment, policy, and financing issues for children with asthma at the patient, provider, and institutional levels. The purpose of RAND's effort was to:--identify a range of policy actions in both the public and private sectors that could improve childhood asthma outcomes nationwide--select a subset of policies to create a blueprint for national policy in this area--outline alternatives to implement these policies that build on prior efforts.The effort developed a comprehensive policy framework that maps the identified strategies to one overall policy objective: to promote the development and maintenance of asthma-friendly communities--communities in which children with asthma are swiftly diagnosed, receive appropriate and ongoing treatment, and are not exposed to environmental factors that exacerbate their condition. This report is intended as a working guide for coordinating the activities of both public and private organizations at the federal, state, and local community levels.

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A Blueprint for Policy Action

By: Marielena Lara,Will Nicholas,Sally C. Morton,Mary E. Vaiana,Barbara Genovese

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A Blueprint for Policy Action

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National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies

Report of a Pilot Study

By: Institute of Medicine,Council on Health Care Technology,Priority-Setting Group

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National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies

Report of a Pilot Study

By: Institute of Medicine,Council on Health Care Technology,Priority-Setting Group

The goal of the Institute of Medicine's Council on Health Care Technology is to promote the development and application of technology assessment in health and medicine. Among the activities cited in the congressional charge that provided for its formation, the council is to "identify needs in the assessment of health care technology." Early in its deliberations, the council decided to expand its charge to identify priority clinical conditions as well as medical technologies and practices. The process for setting assessment priorities demonstrated in this pilot study and the initial set of 20 priority assessment areas selected are in response to this expanded charge. The priority-setting group decided to undertake a pilot effort that would set a framework for national priority-setting, outline national priority-setting criteria, and use a consensus process to identify a preliminary list of priority clinical conditions and medical technologies. The priority-setting approach demonstrated here relies upon explicit criteria that are applicable at the national level and reflect the diverse needs of patients, clinicians, researchers payers, health facility managers, and policymakers.

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Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States

National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies

National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies

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