Clarifying the Predictive Value of Family-Centered Care and Shared Decision Making for Pediatric Healthcare Outcomes Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate (1) family-centered care (FCC) and shared decision-making (SDM) prevalence, and (2) associations of FCC and SDM (FCC/SDM) with health care outcomes among U.S. children.

Data source

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC), a nationally representative survey of the noninstitutionalized, civilian population.

Study design

Secondary analyses of prospectively collected data on 15,764 U.S. children were conducted to examine FCC/SDM prevalence in year 1 and associations of FCC/SDM in year 1 with health services utilization, medical expenditures, and unmet health care needs in year 2.

Data collection/extraction methods

We combined four MEPS-HC longitudinal files from 2007 to 2011.

Principal findings

FCC/SDM preval

SUBMITTER: Lindly OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5264103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature