Patient-Centered Medical Home And Annual Health Care Expenditures Among Children With Special Health Care Needs: New Evidence From Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Unmet dental care needs among children with special health care needs: implications for the medical home.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the characteristics of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who have unmet dental care needs. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the magnitude of unmet needs for dental care among CSHCN and to characterize those with unmet dental care needs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS We used data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs...

A review of the evidence for the medical home for children with special health care needs.

CONTEXT The receipt of health care in a medical home is increasingly touted as a fundamental basis for improved care for persons with chronic conditions, yet the evidence for this claim has not been systematically assessed. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to determine the evidence for the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau recommendation that children with special health care needs receive ongoi...

Care coordination in the medical home: integrating health and related systems of care for children with special health care needs.

Care coordination is a process that facilitates the linkage of children and their families with appropriate services and resources in a coordinated effort to achieve good health. Care coordination for children with special health care needs often is complicated because there is no single point of entry into the multiple systems of care, and complex criteria frequently determine the availability...

ABC for health: funding medical home services for Wisconsin children with special health care needs.

Medical home services for families with children with special health care needs can provide needed help for families struggling to gain access to coverage and needed services. Wisconsin, through Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Services, has an opportunity to provide this important and necessary service.

Utilization and Expenditures for Children with Special Health Care Needs