The authors studied 4 years of data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys to determine if disparities in care existed in the treatment of children with psychosocial conditions in the clinic setting versus the hospital setting.  Although their results suggested that lower-income pediatric patients typically visited hospitals more frequently than physicians’ offices or clinics, they found no significant difference between the treatment or follow-up provided to pediatric patients diagnosed with a psychosocial illness at clinics versus those visiting hospitals.
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