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Healthcare Transition from the Adult Provider’s Perspective

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From the adult provider perspective, there are barriers to maintaining high-quality care during the transition of adolescents and young adults with special health-care needs (AYASHCN) from the pediatric provider to the adult provider. There is an insufficient quantity of adult providers prepared to care for this population, and the psychosocial needs of AYASHCN require a special subset of skills from the adult provider. There are unique expectations for the specifics of care from the patient and the family based on years within the pediatric environment. There are health-care structural and insurance issues that may complicate the transition process. Fortunately there are models that the adult provider can use to facilitate successful transition which emphasize coordinated, multidisciplinary, and patient-centered care with understanding of the unique needs of this patient population.

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    Nathan Samras M.D., M.P.H., Janet Ma M.D., Stacey Weinstein M.D. & Alice A. Kuo M.D., Ph.D.

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Samras, N., Ma, J., Weinstein, S., Kuo, A.A. (2018). Healthcare Transition from the Adult Provider’s Perspective. In: Hergenroeder, A., Wiemann, C. (eds) Health Care Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72868-1_7

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