A call to action: An urgent need for national efforts to expand access to pediatric home healthcare

Carolyn Foster; Holly Hòa Võ; Avani V Shah

doi:10.1002/ppul.27127

A call to action: An urgent need for national efforts to expand access to pediatric home healthcare

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Nov;59(11):2724-2725. doi: 10.1002/ppul.27127. Epub 2024 Jun 13.

Authors

Carolyn Foster^{1

2}, Holly Hòa Võ^{3

4}, Avani V Shah^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Pulmonary Habilitation Program, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 38869183
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.27127

No abstract available

Keywords: children with medical complexity; children with specialty healthcare needs; disability justice; healthcare policy; home healthcare; home mechanical ventilation; home nursing; hospital discharge; long‐term invasive mechanical ventilation; safety; tracheostomy; ventilator.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Child
Health Services Accessibility*
Home Care Services*
Humans
Pediatrics / organization & administration
United States

Grants and funding

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality