• Med Care Res Rev · Aug 2010

    Relationship between presence of a reported medical home and emergency department use among children with asthma.

    • Abdoulaye Diedhiou, Janice C Probst, James W Hardin, Amy B Martin, and Sudha Xirasagar.
    • South Carolina Public Health Consortium, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Suite 309, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. diedhiou@mailbox.sc.edu
    • Med Care Res Rev. 2010 Aug 1;67(4):450-75.

    AbstractThis study examined data from the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs to assess the relationship among children with asthma between a reported medical home and emergency department (ED) use. The authors used 21 questions to measure 6 medical home components: personal doctor/nurse, family-centered, compassionate, culturally effective and comprehensive care, and effective care coordination. Weighted zero-inflated Poisson regression analyses assessed the independent effects of having a medical home on annual number of child ED visits while controlling for child and parental characteristics, and the differential likelihood of securing a medical home. Nearly half (49.9%) of asthmatic children had a medical home. Receiving primary care in a medical home was associated with fewer ED visits (incidence rate ratio = 0.93; 95% confidence interval = 0.89-0.97). A medical home in which physicians and parents share responsibility for ensuring that children have access to needed services may improve child and family outcomes for children with asthma.

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