| Title | The medical home--improving quality of primary care for children. | | Author(s) | Wegner SE, Antonelli RC, Turchi RM | | Institution | AccessCare, 3500 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 130, Morrisville, NC 27560-8501, USA. sew@ncaccesscare.org | | Source | Pediatr Clin North Am 2009 Aug; 56(4):953-64. | | MeSH | Child
Comprehensive Health Care
Cultural Characteristics
Empathy
Family
Guidelines as Topic
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Patient-Centered Care
Pediatrics
Primary Health Care
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
United States
| | Abstract | The concept of a medical home appears to be a key driver for enhancing the value of health services as care systems are transitioned to meet the ongoing challenges of improving quality and containing costs. This article provides an overview of the challenges faced in United States health care delivery systems that affect child health, explains how the medical home might address them, describes methods for measuring quality in medical homes, and identifies barriers to implementation of the model. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19660637 |
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