Effectiveness of Structured Care Coordination for Children With Medical Complexity: The Complex Care for Kids Ontario (CCKO) Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children with medical complexity (CMC) have chronic conditions and high health needs and may experience fragmented care.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of a structured complex care program, Complex Care for Kids Ontario (CCKO), with usual care.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial used a waitlist variation for randomizing patients from 12 complex care clinics in Ontario, Canada, over 2 years. The study was conducted from December 2016 to June 2021. Participants were identified based on complex care clinic referral and randomly allocated into an intervention group, seen at the next available clinic appointment, or a control group that was placed on a waitlist to receive the intervention after 12 months.

Intervention

SUBMITTER: Cohen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028546 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature