What are some of the biggest challenges you run into when patients transition from pediatric to adult care?
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What are some of the biggest challenges you run into when patients transition from pediatric to adult care?
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Rheumatology · Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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- Expectations – the pediatric health care system tends to have more resources readily available to assist patients (e.g., social work, child life, psychology, pharmacy) and appointment times tend to be longer. In the adult world, resources may be less readily available and appointment times shorter. This doesn’t mean that adult providers care less about their patients than pediatric ones do. It is important to help young adults understand the differences and learn how to adapt to them.
- Primary care providers – often in pediatric practice, the specialist may (for better or worse) take on some of the roles of the pediatrician (for example, school forms, annual physicals, immunizations). This is much less likely to happen in the adult subspeci...
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