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Revisiting the Viability of the Developmental-Behavioral Health Care Workforce
- Source :
- Pediatrics. 141
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2018.
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Abstract
- * Abbreviations: ABP — : American Board of Pediatrics ABPN — : American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology DB — : developmental-behavioral DBP — : developmental-behavioral pediatrics NDD — : neurodevelopmental disabilities In their article entitled “2015 Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Workforce Survey,” Bridgemohan et al1 argue that the current system for managing US children with complex developmental-behavioral (DB) conditions is not viable. Despite high demand for services as measured by the increasing prevalence and complexity of childhood DB conditions, the provider supply remains limited. Results from their survey with general and subspecialty physicians and nurse practitioners, who self-identified as assessing and treating children with DB needs, suggest inadequate overall numbers of providers and overworked physicians; in addition, one-third of physician respondents reported planned retirement in 3 to 5 years.1 Two critical questions arise: (1) given a 48% response rate across a convenience sample from 3 membership organizations, are the results generalizable to the larger DB workforce, and (2) if yes, what are the implications for the health care workforce caring for children with DB conditions? Although it is difficult to determine the study’s generalizability by using publicly available information, additional data shed light on supply constraints. Certification data suggest the survey captured 261 of 775 (33.7%) of … Address correspondence to Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH, American Board of Pediatrics, 111 Silver Cedar Court, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. E-mail: lleslie{at}abpeds.org
- Subjects :
- Mental Health Services
Response rate (survey)
Behavioral pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Nurse practitioners
business.industry
Health Personnel
Certification
Health care workforce
Subspecialty
Pediatrics
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
030225 pediatrics
Family medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Workforce
Humans
Medicine
Generalizability theory
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10984275 and 00314005
- Volume :
- 141
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....891a685b87f4ce9a61d1b560113d17f3