Teens Sticking with their Pediatricians

Often feeling safer and more comfortable with their pediatricians, young adults are remaining with their childhood physicians even after the teens age out. Many pediatricians note this, but it is especially true with older adolescents and adults with chronic childhood diseases who have not transitioned into adult internist and adult subspecialists.
"Teens with special needs or chronic health problems and their parents are especially reluctant to leave a pediatrician they've been comfortable with for years. Some also find it hard to locate appropriate onging care. 'That's the group we struggle with nost,' says Dr. Tayloe, who is currently seeing a 37-year old patient with Down syndrome." The article is found in Wall St Journal