Do Medical Homes Improve Quality of Care for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between medical home enrollment and receipt of recommended care for Medicaid beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions (MCC).

Data sources/study setting

Secondary claims data from fiscal years 2008-2010. The sample included nonelderly Medicaid beneficiaries with at least two of eight target conditions (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, seizure disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia).

Study design

We used linear probability models with person- and year-level fixed effects to examine the association between patient-centered medical home (PCMH) enrollment and nine disease-specific quality-of-care metrics, controlling for selection bias and time-invariant differe

SUBMITTER: Swietek KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6232445 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature