Recognition and Management of Medical Complexity.

نویسندگان

  • Dennis Z Kuo
  • Amy J Houtrow
چکیده

Children with medical complexity have extensive needs for health services, experience functional limitations, and are high resource utilizers. Addressing the needs of this population to achieve high-value health care requires optimizing care within the medical home and medical neighborhood. Opportunities exist for health care providers, payers, and policy makers to develop strategies to enhance care delivery and to decrease costs. Important outcomes include decreasing unplanned hospital admissions, decreasing emergency department use, ensuring access to health services, limiting out-of-pocket expenses for families, and improving patient and family experiences, quality of life, and satisfaction with care. This report describes the population of children with medical complexity and provides strategies to optimize medical and health outcomes.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pediatrics

دوره 138 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016