Patient Experience of Chronic Illness Care and Medical Home Transformation in Safety Net Clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between medical home transformation and patient experience of chronic illness care.

Study setting

Thirteen safety net clinics located in five states enrolled in the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative.

Study design

Repeated cross-sectional surveys of randomly selected adult patients were completed at baseline (n = 303) and postintervention (n = 271).

Data collection methods

Questions from the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) (100-point scale) were used to capture patient experience of chronic illness care. Generalized estimating equation methods were used to (i) estimate how differential improvement in patient-centered medical home (PCMH) capability affected differences in modified PACIC scores between base

SUBMITTER: Tung EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785313 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature