Community Child Health Studies

摘要

The present research has sought to describe and analyze the overlapping health and educational services utilization pattern of children with disabilities and their families in a defined geographic area: Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The study tried to answer the following question: 'Who is doing what for whom and with what effort' by addressing the following substantive areas: (1) prevalence of chronic problems in children; (2) child health status and functioning; (3) access to and utilization of health and educational services; and (4) estimates of expenditures for health services.