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Medical and scientific advances have reduced the rates of acute childhood illnesses and childhood mortality and increased the positive outcomes of a wide variety of serious childhood illnesses; nevertheless, children's health in the United States currently falls short. Our infant mortality rate is higher than that of 29 other countries, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ranks the United States last among 21 developed countries in terms of children's health and safety.¹ The children's health community is looking to health care reform to improve access, provide needed preventive and comprehensive benefits, and develop quality initiatives for all children and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston.

This article (10.1056/NEJMp0908051) was published on October 7, 2009, at NEJM.org.

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