Care coordination in the medical home: Integrating health and related systems of care for children with special health care needs

Paul H. Lipkin, Joshua Alexander, James Daniel Cartwright, Larry W. Desch, John C. Duby, Diane R. Edwards, Ellen R. Elias, Chris Plauché Johnson, Eric B. Levey, Nancy A. Murphy, Scott Myers, Ann Henderson Tilton, Beverly Crider, Donald Lollar, Michelle M. Macias, Merle McPherson, Stephanie Mucha Skipper

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Abstract

Care coordination is a process that facilitates the linkage of children and their families with appropriate services and resources in a coordinated effort to achieve good health. Care coordination for children with special health care needs often is complicated because there is no single point of entry into the multiple systems of care, and complex criteria frequently determine the availability of funding and services among public and private payers. Economic and sociocultural barriers to coordination of care exist and affect families and health care professionals. In their important role of providing a medical home for all children, primary care physicians have a vital role in the process of care coordination, in concert with the family.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1238-1244
Number of pages7
JournalPediatrics
Volume116
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Care coordination
  • Case management
  • Children with special health care needs
  • Medical home

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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