The Impact of Telehealth and Care Coordination on the Number and Type of Clinical Visits for Children With Medical Complexity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the effects of an advanced practice nurse-delivered telehealth intervention on health care use by children with medical complexity (CMC). Because CMC account for a large share of health care use costs, finding effective ways to care for them is an important challenge requiring exploration.

Method

This was a secondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial with a control group and two intervention groups. The focus of the analysis was planned and unplanned clinical and therapy visits by CMC over a 30-month data collection period. Nonparametric tests were used to compare visit counts among and within the three groups.

Results

The number of unplanned visits decreased over time across all groups, with th

SUBMITTER: McKissick HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481493 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul - Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature