Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 23-29 , July 2008

Access to Care for Youth with Special Health Care Needs in the Transition to Adulthood

  • Debra S. Lotstein, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • University of California–Los Angeles Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Los Angeles, California
    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Debra S. Lotstein, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Child Health Policy, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 850, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
    • ,
  • Moira Inkelas, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Los Angeles Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Los Angeles, California
    • Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Ron D. Hays, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
    • Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Neal Halfon, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • University of California–Los Angeles Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Los Angeles, California
    • Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Robert Brook, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
    • Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of California–Los Angeles Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California

Received 21 August 2007 ,Accepted 21 December 2007.

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 Sources of support: This work was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.

PII: S1054-139X(08)00097-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.12.013

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 23-29 , July 2008

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