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Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 6 © British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved

EDITORIAL

Adolescent rheumatology transitional care: steps to bringing health policy into practice

P. Chira and C. Sandborg

Division of Pediatric Rheumatology PTD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA.

Correspondence to: C. Sandborg. E-mail: sandborg@stanford.edu

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Transitional care for adolescents with childhood-onset chronic diseases, including juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), has become of topical interest, especially as more children with disabling or chronic conditions are surviving into adulthood. This issue has transcended into the realm of health policy, leading to the formation of national initiatives to address transitional care for adolescents and young adults with special health-care needs (ASHCN) in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). In this issue of Rheumatology, Shaw and colleagues, on behalf of the British Paediatric Rheumatology Group (BRPG), continue to report findings on their comprehensive analysis of the state of transitional care in the UK for adolescents with JIA. This study reflects how we are clearly only at the initial steps of addressing some of the objectives listed in these health-care policies.

The term transition has been defined by the Society of Adolescent Medicine as ‘the purposeful, planned . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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