Increasing public investments in health care services for low-income and special needs children and adolescents within the us have raised questions on whether these efforts improve their health outcomes. Yet it's difficult to assess the overall health status and health care quality for younger populations, especially those in danger of poor health outcomes, because the us has no national data system which will provide timely, comprehensive, and reliable indicators in these areas for youngsters and adolescents. Without such a system , it's difficult to understand whether and the way selected health care initiatives and programs contribute to children's health status. Increasing public investments in health care services for low-income and special needs children and adolescents within the us have raised questions on whether these efforts improve their health outcomes. Yet it's difficult to assess the overall health status and health care quality for younger populations, especially those in danger of poor health outcomes, because the us has no national data system which will provide timely, comprehensive, and reliable indicators in these areas for youngsters and adolescents. Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality identifies key advances within the development of pediatric health and health care quality measures, examines the capacity of existing federal data sets to support these measures, and considers related research activities focused on the event of latest measures to deal with current gaps. This book posits the necessity for a comprehensive strategy to form better use of existing data, to integrate different data sources, and to develop new data sources and collection methods for unique populations. Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality looks closely at three areas: the character, scope, and quality of existing data sources; gaps in measurement areas; and methodological areas that deserve attention.