The patient-centered dental home: A standardized definition for quality assessment, improvement, and integration.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop the first standardized definition of the patient-centered dental home (PCDH).

Data sources/study setting

Primary data from a 55-member national expert panel and public comments.

Study design

We used a modified Delphi process with three rounds of surveys to collect panelists' ratings of PCDH characteristics and open-ended comments. The process was supplemented with a 1-month public comment period.

Data collection/extraction methods

We calculated median ratings, analyzed consensus using the interpercentile range adjusted for symmetry, and qualitatively evaluated comments.

Principal findings

Forty-nine experts (89%) completed three rounds and identified eight essential PCDH characteristics, resulting in the following definition: "The pa

SUBMITTER: Damiano P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature