Here are five highlights:
1. Researchers reached their findings based on patient experience, as opposed to physician experience.
2. The study found although the medical home experience has improved over time for children across the United States, children do not have a sufficient amount of time with their physicians and may not receive all the medical care they need.
3. Researchers identified risk factors that may attribute to poor outcomes including the children’s parents’ level of education, amount of insurance coverage and whether the child lived below the poverty line.
4. Over the last 10 years, children lacking health insurance had the lowest and most unstable medical home experience. This group also had the most children in need of constant, quality care.
5. The ACA supports the medical home model as it provides quality primary care. Medical facilities that utilize this model may be eligible for more federal funding.
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