Florida Public Health Review (Nov 2009)

Effciency and Cost of a Hospital-Based Medical Home: Children with Special Healthcare Needs

  • Rebecca Olsen

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6
pp. 85 – 92

Abstract

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The current study examined two years of pre-post hospital utilization data (the number of emergency room visits, number of unanticipated hospitalizations, and length of stay (LOS)) among forty-nine medically complex children to determine the efficiency and cost effectiveness of a comprehensive Hospital-Based Medical Home Model. Friedman nonparametric analysis was used to examine the pre-post differences for the non-normal distribution. Each of the cost-effectiveness measures (number of emergency room visits, number of unanticipated hospitalizations, and LOS) were found to be significantly lower post enrollment in the Hospital-Based Medical Home Model.