Journal article
Children and youth with special healthcare needs: there is no place like (a medical) home
Current opinion in pediatrics, v 19(4), pp 503-508
Aug 2007
PMID: 17630618
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Abstract
This review highlights the importance, components, and outcomes of the medical home for children and youth with special healthcare needs. Relevant work supporting the medical home concept for this vulnerable group is highlighted for healthcare providers.
Developing a medical home model is garnering support from many national organizations and agencies. Having a medical home for children and youth with special healthcare needs is associated with favorable impacts on healthcare utilization and family-centered care. Achieving family-centered care is associated with increases in satisfaction and linkages to specialists, decreases in school absences and unmet medical needs. Consistent insurance coverage is important for children and youth with special healthcare needs to thrive. Further, lack of access to informational resources minimizes families' knowledge of available public programs.
Children and youth with special healthcare needs constitute a vulnerable population in need of comprehensive and accessible care. Provision of care via a medical home can be efficient and effective in this population of children and their families. Due to the relatively high cost of providing fragmented care to these children and youth, advances in coordinating access to services will have a cost-effective outcome.
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Details
- Title
- Children and youth with special healthcare needs: there is no place like (a medical) home
- Creators
- Renee M Turchi - St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenMolly GattoRichard Antonelli
- Publication Details
- Current opinion in pediatrics, v 19(4), pp 503-508
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000248370600019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34447504470
- Other Identifier
- 991019168000304721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Pediatrics