Connecting Provider to home: A home-based social intervention program for older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with multiple medical conditions and complex social issues are at risk for high utilization and poor outcomes. The Connecting Provider to Home program deployed teams of a social worker and a community health worker (CHW) to support patients with social issues and access to primary care. Our objectives were to examine the impact of the program on utilization and satisfaction with care among older adults with complex social and medical issues.

Design

Retrospective quasi-experimental observational study with matched comparator group.

Setting

Community-based program in Southern California.

Participants

Four hundred twenty community dwelling adults.

Intervention

Community-based healthcare program delivered by a social worker and CHW team fo

SUBMITTER: Moreno G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8855975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature