The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model has been touted as one of the most promising reform efforts of the largely inefficient U.S. healthcare system. In comparison to the current primary care system, the PCMH is a care delivery model that is based on the principles of care-coordination, enhanced access, and team-based collaboration as a means of providing comprehensive, patient-centered medical care.
The current literature contains a limited number of review articles synthesizing the data of numerous PCMH outcome studies. Even a smaller number draws definitive conclusions as to whether PCMH is a viable model upon which to reform the US healthcare system.
This literature review will examine the available results of PCMH studies in light of their ability to 1) decrease the overall cost of healthcare 2) increase the efficiency of the continuity of care and 3) to increase positive patient outcomes through proactive patient care. Additionally, these results will be examined in regard to their longevity as a viable model of reform and specifically as it compares to the current US healthcare system.
This review will determine whether there is statistical evidence that the Patient-Centered Medical Home is a successful model to decrease healthcare costs, increase healthcare efficiency as well as increasing positive patient outcomes. In addition, this review hopes to point to ways in which the model could be improved in order to more completely achieve the goals listed above.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/15354 |
| Date | 12 March 2016 |
| Creators | Bernard, Alec Jordan |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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