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Washington Hospital Opens Asthma Clinic that Reduces Emergency Department Visits, Improves Care

December 1, 2006 | Program Results Report

Children's National Medical Center implemented an emergency department-based demonstration project to improve the care of children with asthma. The main focus was developing a clinic for repeat patients and their parents.

Spatial Accessibility to Providers and Vaccination Compliance Among Children with Medicaid

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Children in low-income families living far from an immunization provider can miss basic vaccinations because parents lack their own transportation. This study examined how the availability of immunization providers affected vaccination rates among low-income children in Washington, D.C.