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Understanding the Pediatric and Adult Healthcare System: Adapting to Change

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Differences in pediatric and adult healthcare systems often become apparent during the transition and transfer from pediatric- to adult-based care. Lack of disease-specific resources and lack of expertise in the adult healthcare system, along with the differences in approach to chronic disease management between the two systems, are often cited as barriers to successful transfer. This chapter examines the epidemiology of chronic disease in the transition-aged population and the etiologies of the differences seen between pediatrics and adult healthcare systems. Finally we discuss ways to mitigate percieved differences between the health systems to assist pediatric and adult health providers make the transfer process successful.

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Divisions of General Pediatrics and General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Megumi J. Okumura M.D., M.A.S.

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Program, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Ian S. Harris M.D.

  3. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Mary Ellen Kleinhenz M.D.

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  1. Associate Professor, Director of Research, Section of Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    Albert C. Hergenroeder

  2. Professor, Chief of Adolescent Medicine, Section of Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    Constance M. Wiemann

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Okumura, M.J., Harris, I.S., Kleinhenz, M.E. (2018). Understanding the Pediatric and Adult Healthcare System: Adapting to Change. In: Hergenroeder, A., Wiemann, C. (eds) Health Care Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72868-1_15

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