The impact of patient-centered medical home certification on quality of care for patients with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the impact of changes surrounding certification as a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) on outcomes for patients with diabetes.

Study setting

Minnesota legislation established mandatory quality reporting for patients with diabetes and statewide standards for certification as a PCMH. Patient-level quality reporting data (2008-2018) were used to study the impact of transition to a PCMH.

Study design

Achievement of Minnesota's optimal diabetes care standard-in aggregate and by component-was modeled for adult patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes as a function of time relative to the year the patient's primary care practice achieved PCMH certification. Patients from uncertified practices were used to control for general trend. Practice-level rand

SUBMITTER: Carlin CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8143686 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature