Article: A Survey Assessing the Presence of "Medical Home" for Adults with Disabilities in Connecticut

2012

The medical home model has been recommended as the best design for health-care management for individuals with disabilities by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. As set forth by these guidelines, a medical home contains the following elements: access to health care, usual source of care, personal doctor or nurse, referrals for specialty care, coordinated care, and person-centered care. Objective/ hypothesis: This study aimed to gather information from adults with disabilities in Connecticut, and the barriers to achieving the medical home model. The study focused on each of the components that make up the medical home model definition. Methods: An adult with a disability was defined as a person 18 years or older with any physical or mental disability that significantly impacted one or more major life activities, as definedbytheAmericans with DisabilitiesAct. The adults with disabilities were recruited by email through a variety of list serv

medical home, adults, disabilities, health care

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