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- The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model aims to improve cost and quality issues in the US healthcare system, specifically targeting problems related to outpatient care.
- A study found that practices with higher PCMH capacity had lower rates of emergency department visits, hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, and 30-day readmission rates.
- While technical features of PCMH were linked to reduced healthcare utilization, the interpersonal aspects did not show a similar impact on usage rates.
Article Abstract
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has increasingly received attention as a model of care to potentially remedy the cost and quality problems that confront the US health care system, including and especially ambulatory care-related issues. This study examined the association between physician practices' PCMH capacity and 3 indicators of ambulatory care utilization: (1) emergency department utilization, (2) ambulatory care sensitive hospitalization rate, and (3) 30-day all-cause readmission rate. Results show that overall PCMH capacity is associated with lower rates, and technical aspects of the PCMH in particular were associated with lower utilization rates while interpersonal capabilities were not.
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