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.

background: home visit program can be effective in infants’ growth and development. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of home visit program on preterm infants’ growth and development within 6 months. methods: it was a double-blind clinical trial study. the study was conducted in hafez, hazrat-e-zeinab, and namazee hospitals affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences, sh...

background: providing community-based mental health services is crucial and is an agreed plan between the iranian mental health office and the regional committee for the eastern mediterranean (affiliated with who). the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of home-visit clinical case-management services on the hospitalization rate and other clinical outcomes in patients with seve...

background & aim: nowadays, home health care services play significant roles in modern societies. such services allow the elderly and needy people to pass their treatment process at their own houses in a friendly environment. in this paper, weekly routing and scheduling problem of home health care personnel was investigated. methods & materials: insufficient number of expert personnel or overla...

Version: This is a post-print version of the article. This version has been peer-reviewed and edited, but has not been formatted by the publisher. The final version is published as: Drummond, A. E. R., Whitehead, P., Fellows, K., Sprigg, N., Sampson, C. J., Edwards, C. & Lincoln, N. B. (2013). Occupational therapy predischarge home visits for patients with a stroke (HOVIS): results of a feasibi...

BACKGROUND Universal postnatal contact services are provided in several Australian states, but their impact on women's postnatal care experience has not been evaluated. Furthermore, there is lack of evidence or consensus about the optimal type and amount of postpartum care after hospital discharge for maternal outcomes. This study aimed to assess the impact of providing Universal Postnatal Cont...

This study aimed to evaluate qualitatively the care offered to families for a Center of Psychosocial Atention of type I, located in Southern Region of Brazil. The Dialectical hermeneutic circle was used as a technique of data collection, a method recommended by the Fourth Generation Evaluation proposed by Guba and Lincoln. Topics such as reception, family meetings, home visits and involvement o...

BACKGROUND National standards for delivery of out-of-hours services have been refined. Health service users' preferences, reports, and evaluations of care are of importance in a service that aims to be responsive to their needs. AIM To investigate NHS service users' reports and evaluations of out-of-hours care in the light of UK national service quality requirements. DESIGN Cross sectional ...