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National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

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Effectiveness of Care<br />

Maternal and Child <strong>Health</strong><br />

Importance<br />

Mortality<br />

Number of maternal deaths (2007) ......................................................................................548 (Xu, et al., 2010)<br />

Number of infant deaths (2009)......................................................................................29,138 (Xu, et al., 2010)<br />

Demographics<br />

Number of children xvi (2009)..................................................................74,225,447 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2009)<br />

Number of babies born in United States (2009).................................................4,130,665 (Martin, et al., 2011)<br />

Cost<br />

Total cost of health care for children (2007)...........................................................$102.4 billion (MEPS, 2007)<br />

Cost-effectiveness of vision screening for children.........................$0-$14,000/QALY (Maciosek, et al., 2006)<br />

Cost-effectiveness of childhood immunization series (2001)............................approx. $16 (Zhou, et al., 2005)<br />

Chapter 2 Maternal and Child <strong>Health</strong><br />

Measures<br />

The NHQR and NHDR track several prevention, treatment, and outcome measures related to maternal and<br />

child health care. The measures highlighted in this section are:<br />

n Obstetric trauma.<br />

n Recommended immunizations for young children.<br />

n Emergency department visits for asthma.<br />

n Dental visits.<br />

n Untreated dental caries.<br />

In addition, this year we include a focus on health care for adolescents. Measures for adolescents include:<br />

n Well visit in the last year.<br />

n Receipt of meningococcal vaccine.<br />

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In this report, children are defined as individuals under age 18.<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />

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