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Behavioral Health
Rubin D, Noonan K. What do Romanian children living in orphanages manifesting repetitive behaviors and American children in foster care with abnormal cortisol levels have in common?: More than you would think. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.2010;164:492-3.
Guevara JP, Greenbaum PE, Shera D, Bauer L, Schwarz DF. Survey of mental health consultation and referral among primary care pediatricians. Acad Pediatr. 2009;9(2):123-7.
Danzer E, Gerdes M, Bebbington MW, et al. Lower extremity neuromotor function and short-term ambulatory potential following in utero myelomeningocele surgery. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2009;25(1):47-53.
Fuller S, Nord A, Gerdes M, et al. Predictors of impaired neurodevelopmental outcomes at one year of age after infant cardiac surgery. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 2009;36:40-48.
Guevara JP, Greenbaum PE, Shera D, Shea JA, Bauer L, Schwarz DF. Development and psychometric assessment of the collaborative care for attention deficit disorders scale. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2008;8:18-24.
Guevara JP, Rothbard A, Shera D, et al. Correlates of behavioral care management strategies used by primary care pediatric providers. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2007;7:160-6.
Guevara JP, Forrest CB. Modernizing pediatric primary care to better manage children’s behavioral health (editorial). Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2006;18:639-40.
Rubin, DM, Alessandrini EA, Feudtner C, Mandell DS, Localio AR, Hadley TR. Mental health costs and placement stability for children in foster care. Pediatrics. 2004;113(5):1336-41.
Guevara JP, Mandell DS, Rostain AL, Zhao H, Hadley TR. National estimates of health services expenditures for children with behavioral disorders: An analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Pediatrics. 2003;112:e440-e446.
Guevara JP, Stein MT. Evidence based management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. BMJ. 2001;323:1232-35.
Ballweg JA, Ittenbach RF, Bernbaum J, et al. Hyperglycaemia after Stage I palliation does not adversely affect neurodevelopmental outcome at 1 year of age in patients with single-ventricle physiology. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Oct;36(4):688-93.
Child Health Insurance
Pati S, Danagoulian S. Immigrant children's reliance on public health insurance in the wake of immigration reform. American Journal of Public Health [serial online]. 2008;98(11):2004-10.
Satchell M, Pati S. Insurance gaps among vulnerable children in the United States, 1999-2001. Pediatrics. 2005;116(5):1148-54.
Pati S, Shea S, Rabinowitz D, Carasquillo O. Does gatekeeping control health expenditures for privately insured children? Findings from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Pediatrics. 2003;111:456-60.
Child Welfare
Rubin D, Noonan K. What do Romanian children living in orphanages manifesting repetitive behaviors and American children in foster care with abnormal cortisol levels have in common?: More than you would think. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.2010;164:492-3.
Mekonnen R, Noonan K, Rubin DM. Achieving better health care outcomes for children in foster care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009;56(2):405-15.
Rubin DM, Feudtner C, Localio R, Mandell DS. State variation in psychotropic medication use by foster care children with autism spectrum disorder. Pediatrics. 2009;124(2):e305-e312. Epub 2009 Jul 20.
Rubin DM, Downes KJ, O'Reilly A, Mekonnen R, Luan X, Localio AR. The impact of kinship care on behavioral well-being for children in out-of-home care. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2008;162(6):550-56.
Rubin DM, O'Reilly A, Luan X, Localio AR. The impact of placement stability on behavioral problems for children in foster care. Pediatrics. 2007;119(2):336-44.
Rubin DM, Pati S, Luan X, Alessandrini EA. A sampling bias in identifying children in foster care using Medicaid data. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2005;5(3):185-90.
Rubin DM, Alessandrini EA, Feudtner C, Localio AR, Hadley TR. Placement changes and emergency department visits in the first year of foster care. Pediatrics. 2004;114(3):e354-e360.
Rubin DM, Alessandrini EA, Feudtner C, Mandell DS, Localio AR, Hadley TR. Mental health costs and placement stability for children in foster care. Pediatrics. 2004;113(5):1336-41.
Complex Chronic Conditions
Feudtner C, Levin JE, Srivastava R, et al. How well can hospital readmission be predicted in a cohort of hospitalized children? A retrospective, multicenter study. Pediatrics. 2009;123(1):286-93.
Linton J, Feudtner C. What accounts for differences or disparities in pediatric palliative and end-of-life care? Systematic review focusing on multilevel mechanisms. Pediatrics. 2008;122(3):574-82.
Feudtner C. Collaborative communication in pediatric palliative care: A foundation for problem-solving and decision-making. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2007;54(5):583-607.
Carroll JM, Santucci C, Kang TI, Feudtner C. Partners in pediatric palliative care: A program to enhance collaboration between hospital and community palliative care services. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. 2007;24(3):1.
Feudtner C, Feinstein JA, Satchell M, Zhao H, Kang TI. Shifting place of death among children with complex chronic conditions in the United States, 1989-2003. JAMA. 2007;297(24):2725-32.
Feudtner C, Santucci G, Feinstein JA, Snyder CA, Rourke MT, Kang TI. Hopeful thinking and level of comfort regarding providing pediatric palliative care: A survey of hospital nurses. Pediatrics. 2007;119(1):e186-e192.
Feudtner C, Silveira MJ, Shabbout M, Hoskins RE. Distance from home when death occurs: A population-based study of Washington state, 1989-2002. Pediatrics. 2006;117(5):e932-e939.
Feudtner C, Villareale N, Sharp V, Hays R, Neff J. Technology-dependency among patients discharged from a children's hospital: A retrospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics. 2005;5(1):8.
Kimberly MB, Forte AL, Carroll JM, Feudtner C. Pediatric do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders and public schools: A national assessment of policies and laws. Amer J Bioethics. 2005;5(1):59-65.
Feudtner C, DiGuisseppe DL, Neff JM. Hospital care for children in the last year of life: A population-based study of Washington state, 1990-1996. BMC Medicine. 2003;1(3).
Feudtner C, Silveira MJ, Christakis DA. Where do children with complex chronic conditions die? Patterns in Washington state, 1980-1998. Pediatrics. 2002;109:656-60.
Feudtner C, Christakis DA, Zimmerman FJ, Muldoon JH, Neff JM, Koepsell TD. Characteristics of deaths occurring in children's hospitals: Implications for supportive care services. Pediatrics. 2002;109:887-93.
Health Services
Rubin DM, Feudtner C, Localio R, Mandell DS. State variation in psychotropic medication use by foster care children with autism spectrum disorder. Pediatrics. 2009;124(2):e305-e312. Epub 2009 Jul 20.
Feudtner C, Levin JE, Srivastava R, et al. How well can hospital readmission be predicted in a cohort of hospitalized children? A retrospective, multicenter study. Pediatrics. 2009;123(1):286-93.
Guevara JP, Mandell DS, Rostain AT, Zhao H, Hadley TR. Disparities in the reporting and treatment of health conditions in children: An analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Health Services Research. 2006;41:532-49.
Feudtner C, Noonan K. Poorer health: The persistent and protean connections between poverty, social inequality, and child well-being. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(7):668-70.
Feudtner C, Hexem KR, Shabbout M, Feinstein JA, Sochalski J, Silber JH. Prediction of pediatric death in the year after hospitalization: A population-level retrospective cohort study. J Palliat Med. 2009;12(2):160-69.
Guevara JP, Stein MT. Evidence based management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. BMJ. 2001;323:1232-35.
Marsh RH, Mollen CJ, Shofer FS, Baren JM. Characteristics that distinguish adolescents who present to a children's hospital emergency department from those presenting to a general emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2009;25(6):376-9.
Mandell DS, Machefsky A, Rubin DM, Feudtner C, Pati S, Rosenbaum S. Medicaid's Role in Financing Health Care for Children with Behavioral Healthcare Needs in the Special Education System: Implications of the Deficit Reduction Act..JSH78:532-38,Oct.09
Feudtner C, Silveira MJ, Shabbout M, Hoskins RE. Distance from home when death occurs: A population-based study of Washington state, 1989-2002. Pediatrics. 2006;117(5):e932-e939.
Pati S, Keren R, Alessandrini EA, Schwarz DF. Generational differences in public spending, 1980-2000. Health Affairs. 2004;23(5):131-41.
Keren R, Pati S, Feudtner C. Generation gap: Differences between children and adults pertinent to the economic evaluations of health interventions. Pharmacoeconomics. 2004;22(2):71-81.
Guevara JP, Mandell DS, Rostain AL, Zhao H, Hadley TR. National estimates of health services expenditures for children with behavioral disorders: An analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Pediatrics. 2003;112:e440-e446.
Pati S, Shea S, Rabinowitz D, Carasquillo O. Does gatekeeping control health expenditures for privately insured children? Findings from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Pediatrics. 2003;111:456-60.
Feudtner C, DiGuisseppe DL, Neff JM. Hospital care for children in the last year of life: A population-based study of Washington state, 1990-1996. BMC Medicine. 2003;1(3).
Pati S, Romero D, Chavkin W. Changes in utilization of health insurance and food assistance programs in Manhattan in the wake of welfare reform. American Journal of Public Health. 2002;92(9):1441-45.
STI & Pregnancy Education & Prevention
Goyal M, Zhao H, Mollen CJ. Exploring emergency contraception knowledge, prescription practices, and barriers to prescription for adolescents in the emergency department. Pediatrics. 2009;123(3):765-70.
Mollen CJ, Barg FK, Hayes KL, Gotcsik M, Blades NM, Schwarz DF. Assessing attitudes about emergency contraception among urban, minority adolescent women: An in-depth interview study. Pediatrics. 2008;122(2):e395-e401.
Kresnicka LS, Rubin DM, Downes KJ, et al. Practice variation in screening for sexually transmitted infections with nucleic acid amplification tests during prepubertal sexual abuse evaluations. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2009;22(5):292-9. Epub 2009 Ju
Mollen CJ, Lavelle JM, Hawkins LA, Ambrose C, Rudy BJ. Description of a novel emergency department-based HIV screening program for adolescents. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2008;22(6):505-511.
Tailored Pediatric Preventive Care
Feemster KA, Spain CV, Eberhart M, Pati S, Watson B. Identifying infants at increased risk for late initiation of immunizations: Maternal and provider characteristics. Public Health Rep. 2009;124(1):42-53.
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