Utilization of School and Primary Health Care Resources for Common Health Problems of Schoolchildren

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Abstract
The episode of care is used as a concept to assess potential areas for interaction between private and public health care facilities in the community and the school health service in child health care. Health care utilization (both patient-initiated and provider-initiated) of a random sample of elementary school-aged children in three ethnic groups was observed for two years. The analysis suggests areas of child health care in which a school health service can be used more effectively with community health care providers: care for chronic childhood diseases, follow-up for acute infections and some trauma, and health maintenance.

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