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To describe the characteristics of children with access to a medical home and evaluate the relationship between medical home care and health care outcomes.

March 15, 2011PEDIATRICS

The Medical Home: Health Care Access and Impact for Children and Youth in the United States

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To describe the characteristics of children with access to a medical home and evaluate the relationship between medical home care and health care outcomes.
Analyzed data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), a random-digit-dial population-based telephone survey of 83,448 children aged 1 to 17 years.
Defined the medical home measure across five core domains: usual source of care, personal physician or nurse, specialty care referrals, care coordination, and family-centered care.
In 2007, 56.9% of US children aged 1 to 17 years received care meeting medical home criteria, with higher prevalence among younger children.
Significant racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and health-related disparities in medical home access were observed nationwide.
Children receiving care in medical homes were less likely to experience unmet medical and dental needs and were more likely to attend annual preventive medical visits.

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Population-based survey reveals that medical homes improve pediatric care access and preventive visits, highlighting persistent socioeconomic and racial disparities.

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Jones et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cb30321c5894b35c89ac3 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3555

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Population-based survey reveals that medical homes improve pediatric care access and preventive visits, highlighting persistent socioeconomic and racial disparities.

The Medical Home: Health Care Access and Impact for Children and Youth in the United States

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