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How many well-baby visits are necessary in the first 2 years of life?

Abstract

Since we could find no scientific basis for the 10 well-baby visits recommended in the first 2 years of life in Ontario, we carried out a randomized trial in 570 healthy, low-risk newborns to determine the efficacy and safety of decreasing the number of scheduled well-baby visits from 10 to 5. Among the 466 babies still in the trial at the end of the study period those in the 10-visit group had had a mean of 7.63 scheduled and 0.26 unscheduled …

Authors

Gilbert JR; Feldman W; Siegel LS; Mills DA; Dunnett C; Stoddart G

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 130, No. 7, pp. 857–861

Publication Date

April 1, 1984

ISSN

0820-3946