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- The study examines how having a medical home affects parents' attitudes towards seeking healthcare for their low-income children in non-urgent situations.
- About 40% of these children accessed care through a medical home, which was linked to favorable behaviors like calling a doctor before visiting urgent care.
- While having a medical home correlates with more proactive healthcare-seeking behaviors, it may not eliminate other factors that lead to unnecessary emergency room visits.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Assess relationships between having a medical home and health care-seeking behavior attitudes among parents of low-income children with non-urgent encounters in acute settings (emergency, urgent care centers).
Methods: We analyzed data from 1,743 publicly insured children within non-urgent encounters. Parents completed surveys assessing medical home access and attitudes regarding health care-seeking behavior. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate relationships between medical home access and attitudes.
Results: Forty percent of children with non-urgent acute care encounters had medical homes. Having a medical home was positively associated with always calling the doctor before going to acute care settings and preference to take a child to their doctor if the doctor's office was open evenings and weekends.
Conclusions: Although having a medical home is associated with positive attitudes regarding health care-seeking behavior, it may not suffice to overcome other barriers that precipitate non-urgentencounters.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2016.0169 | DOI Listing |
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