Importance of medical home domains on emergency visits using a cross-sectional national survey of US children.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Receiving care at patient-centred medical homes (PCMH) is associated with reduced emergency department (ED) visits among children. Adverse social determinants of health (SDoH), such as lower socioeconomic status and household poverty, are associated with increased ED visits in children. The objective of this study is to use machine learning techniques to understand the relative importance of each PCMH component among different populations with adverse SDoH on the outcome of ED visits.

Methods design, setting and participants

This study used the 2018-2019 pooled data from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), an annual survey of parents and caregivers of US children from birth to 17 years. PCMH components were operationalised by classifyin

SUBMITTER: Rajan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11535676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature