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PAIDHARRISBURG, PAPERMIT NO. 556

2704 Commerce Drive, Suite AHarrisburg, PA 17110www.pafp.com1-800-648-5623

Like all pediatric patients, youth with special health care needs must transition to adult-centered systems and care when appropriate. Medical advances have increased the numbers of YSHCN surviving into adulthood and thus the number transitioning to adult centered care has increased significantly.

A group of health care professionals has been meeting to discuss the issue of transitioning young people from pediatric health systems to the world of adult health care. One problem is that there appears to be relatively few Family Practice or Internal Medicine practitioners working with patients with chronic conditions and other childhood-onset special needs.

Among the questions in which we are interested are:

1) How many adult physicians already work with patients with significant disabilities or childhood-onset chronic conditions?

2) For those who do not currently have young adult patients with such conditions, what supports would be considered necessary to encourage accepting more patients with chronic conditions?

In a few weeks you will be receiving an email asking you to participate in a survey that was developed to try to answer these questions. If you would prefer to take the survey now, the link is:

Your completion of the survey would be appreciated.

http://tinyurl.com/survey-trans

Survey: Transitioning Youth with Special Needs