RT Journal
A1 Reiss J, Gibson RW
T1 AT what cost?
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2006
FD October 1
VO 160
IS 10
SP 1079
OP 1080
DO 10.1001/archpedi.160.10.1079
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.10.1079
AB 
It is encouraging to see the financing aspects of health care for young adults with chronic health conditions and disabilities becoming a focus of health services research, and study findings are providing new perspectives on the cost and benefits of moving children with special health care needs from pediatric to adult-oriented medical systems. Nonetheless, transitioning young adults to adult-oriented medicine, or for that matter any transition in medicine,1- 2 is a complex phenomenon and financial measures alone cannot adequately reflect short- and long-term consequences at the patient, health care professional, and health system levels.