Correction: New study on Medical Homeness and Health Care Use

New Academic Pediatrics Article Explores Medical Homeness

Correction: New study on Medical Homeness and Health Care Use

New information on accessing Academic Pediatrics article on medical homeness In the bulletin sent earlier today (see below), we mistakenly said that this article is freely available.  Please note that only the abstract for this article is freely available  at http://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(14)00429-X/abstract.

A new study on the relationship between patient centered medical homes and health care use in three CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program States is freely available at http://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(14)00429-X/fulltext. Researchers from the National Evaluation Team used practice-reported PCMH assessments and Medicaid claims from child-serving practices in Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina to estimate the linkage between medical homeness and well-child care and nonurgent, preventable, or avoidable emergency department (ED) use.

The study found that medical homeness was not associated with age-appropriate well-child visits. However, the analysis also showed that relationships between nonurgent, preventable, or avoidable ED visits and medical homeness varied by State. The mixed results of this and previous studies show that differences in PCMH measurement tools and state policy context may affect research findings. Longitudinal studies that examine changes in multiple measures of medical homeness and health care service use within practices over time are needed to enhance this growing evidence base.

For more information on AHRQ’s role in CHIPRA, visit http://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/index.html.  

For more information on the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant projects and the national evaluation, visit:http://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/index.html.

New Study on Medical Homeness and Health Care Use A new study on the relationship between patient centered medical homes and health care use in three CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program States is freely available at http://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(14)00429-X/fulltext. Researchers from the National Evaluation Team used practice-reported PCMH assessments and Medicaid claims from child-serving practices in Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina to estimate the linkage between medical homeness and well-child care and nonurgent, preventable, or avoidable emergency department (ED) use. The study found that medical homeness was not associated with age-appropriate well-child visits. However, the analysis also showed that relationships between nonurgent, preventable, or avoidable ED visits and medical homeness varied by State. The mixed results of this and previous studies show that differences in PCMH measurement tools and state policy context may affect research findings. Longitudinal studies that examine changes in multiple measures of medical homeness and health care service use within practices over time are needed to enhance this growing evidence base. For more information on AHRQ’s role in CHIPRA, visit http://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/index.html.   For more information on the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant projects and the national evaluation, visit:http://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/index.html.