Patient-centered medical home care access among adults with chronic conditions: National Estimates from the medical expenditure panel survey

Health Care Expenditures for Adults With Multiple Treated Chronic Conditions: Estimates From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2009

The objective of this article is to illustrate the usefulness of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data for examining variations in medical expenditures for people with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). We analyzed 2009 MEPS data to produce estimates of treated prevalence for MCC and associated medical expenditures for adults in the US civilian noninstitutionalized population (sample = 2...

Health care use and costs for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: national estimates from the medical expenditure panel survey.

CONTEXT Although attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent chronic condition of childhood, little is known about patterns of health care use and associated expenditures. OBJECTIVE To compare health care use and costs among children with ADHD, children with asthma, and the general pediatric population. DESIGN AND SETTING The 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, ...

Patient-Centered Medical Home

Patient-centered medical homes improve care for adults with chronic conditions.

The success of health care reform implementation in 2014 partly depends on more efficient delivery of care to the millions of California residents eligible to gain insurance. Emerging evidence supports the effectiveness of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) as a potential model of care delivery, which improves health outcomes and reduces costs. Among other principles, PCMH entails receipt...

Geographic variation in access among adults with kidney disease: evidence from medical expenditure panel survey, 2002–2011

BACKGROUND To understand geographic variation in access to care over time in patients with kidney disease. METHODS We analyzed 4404 (weighted sample of 4,251,129) adults with kidney disease from the United States using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey over 10 years. Three dependent variables were created to investigate variation in access: usual source of care, overall medical access to c...