Journal article
Evaluation of a statewide medical home program on children and young adults with asthma
The Journal of asthma, v 52(9), pp 940-948
21 Oct 2015
PMID: 25539026
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Abstract
Objective: Asthma, the most common chronic condition among children, accounts for significant healthcare utilization and impact on quality of life. Care coordination in a medical home is considered standard practice, but has not been rigorously evaluated. Methods: We initiated this pilot study of children/young adults with asthma (n = 967), ages: birth to 24 years, receiving care from a subset of pediatric practices (n = 20) participating in the Pennsylvania Medical Home Initiative, Educating Practices in Community-Integrated Care (92 practices statewide). We hypothesized children and youth with asthma receiving care coordination in the context of a formal medical home program would experience favorable associations with healthcare utilization and quality of life measures. Results: A total of 9240 care coordination encounters for this cohort of children/youth occurred over 100 days. The average length of care coordination encounter was 20.7 minutes. The most common care coordination activity was referral management (21%) and the care coordinator in the practice most often contacted parent/family and specialists (75%). Children with more severe asthma had more hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits than children with less severe asthma. There was a significant decrease in school absences, ED visits and acute care visits for children/youth with asthma with increasing length of time in a medical home program (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Care coordination for children/youth with asthma is feasible and may yield improvements in healthcare utilization, expenditures and quality of life. Larger-scale implementation of care coordination and medical home models for children/youth with asthma and other diagnoses are warranted.
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- Title
- Evaluation of a statewide medical home program on children and young adults with asthma
- Creators
- Robert Hamburger - College of Osteopathic Medicine of the PacificZekarias Berhane - Drexel UniversityMolly Gatto - Make-A-Wish FoundationSuzanne Yunghans - American Academy of PediatricsRenee K. Davis - Drexel UniversityRenee M. Turchi - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of asthma, v 52(9), pp 940-948
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000366246200013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84951574250
- Other Identifier
- 991019167412604721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Allergy
- Respiratory System