Tumaini R. Coker|Tainayah Thomas|Paul J. Chung
Does Well-Child Care Have a Future in Pediatrics?
RAND Corporation|UCLA Health|Mattel Children's Hospital|Mattel Children's Hospital
common adult chronic diseases affect 1 3 adults account threequarters us health care spending major childhood drivers adult disease distinctly nonmedical poverty poor educational outcomes unhealthy social physical environments unhealthy lifestyle choices ideally wellchild care wcc would address drivers help create healthier adults productive lives lower health care costs children without serious acute chronic medical problems however traditional pediatric preventive services may largely ineffective addressing outcomes really matter improving lifelong health reducing burden adult chronic disease article examine role wcc addressing major childhood drivers adult disease consider various models future wcc within pediatrics