Effect of Patient-Centered Medical Home on Preventive Services for Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between enrollment in patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) and the receipt of preventive services among adolescents and young adults.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study including patients of Hennepin County aged 10 to 24 who had face-to-face or telephone encounters with health care providers between 2010 and 2014 at clinics with PCMHs at the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minnesota. Exposure was enrollment in PCMHs. Outcomes were receipt of (1) preventive visits; (2) prescriptions for influenza, meningococcal, and human papillomavirus vaccinations; (3) screening for sexually transmitted infections; (4) prescription of any contraceptive and long-acting reversible contraceptives; and (5) cervical cancer screening. Generalized mixed eff

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Huidobro D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5553307 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature