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Jabbarpour Y, Greiner A, Jetty A, Kempski A, Kamerow D, Walter G, Sibel J. 2022. Relationships matter: How usual is usual source of (primary) care? . Washington, DC: Primary Care Collaborative , 56 pp.

Annotation: This evidence report emphasizes the importance of having a usual source of primary care and lays out strategies for public and private payers to support such patient/provider relationships. In its review of the literature, the report summarizes the types of usual source of care and trends over time across ages, races/ethnicities, income level, region, and insurance type. Potential solutions to increase the percent of children and adults who have a usual source of primary care include payment reform, changes in benefit design, and workforce diversity.

Keywords: Age factors, Economic factors, Ethnic factors, Geographic regions, Health insurance, Literature reviews, Primary care, Racial factors, Statistics, Trends.

Strengthen the Evidence for MCH Programs. 2020-. MCH best: bank of evidence-linked strategies and tools. Washington, DC: Strengthen the Evidence for MCH Programs, multiple items.

Annotation: The database aggregates sample evidence-based/informed strategies that can be used as-is or adapted to develop Evidence-based or informed Strategy Measures (ESMs) for each of the MCH National Performance Measures (NPMs). The strategies are listed by National Performance Measure, from NPM 1-Well Woman VIsit throught NPM 15-Continuous and Adequate Insurance. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Evidence based medicine, Model programs

Willis J, Antono B, Bazemore A, Jetty A, Petterson S, George J, Rosario BL, Scheufele E, Rajmane A, Dankwa-Mullan I, Rhee K. 2020. Primary care in the U.S.: A chartbook of facts and statistics . Washington, DC: Robert Graham Center, 47 pp.

Annotation: This chartbook provides a snapshot of primary care in the U.S., including facts and statistics on he distribution, accessibility, and training of primary care practitioners and the patient populations that they service. Data on primary care visit utilization by age, health plan, and geographic region is included. The chartbook is organized around a conceptional framework developed by Dr. Barbara Starfield known as the "4 C's"-- First Contact, Continuity, Comprehensiveness, and Coordination of Care.

Keywords: Health care utilization, Primary care, Statistics, Trends

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs and the National Academy for State Health Policy. 2017 . National standards systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs (rev ed). Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 36 pp.

Annotation: This resource provides a set of system standards that can be used or adapted for use by various systems and organizations that serve CYSHCN. This includes state Title V programs, state Medicaid and CHIP programs, private and public health plans, pediatricians and other health care providers, family/consumer groups, as well as families themselves. Topics include (1) identification, screening, assessment, and referral; (2) eligibility and enrollment in health coverage; (3) access to care; (4) medical home; (5) community-based services and supports; (6) transition to adulthood; (7) health information technology; and (8) quality assurance and improvement.

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Standards, Young adults

Zewdem N, Berdahl T. 2017. Children's Usual Source of Care: Insurance, Income, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, 2004-2014. Silver Spring, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Brief 501)

Annotation: This statistical brief provides estimates of trends in the number of children ages 0–17 who lack a usual source of care in the United States for the period from 2004–2014. Based on data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), the estimates are presented according to insurance status, family income, and race/ethnicity.

Keywords: Access to care, Child health, Data, Medical home, National surveys, Statistics, Trends

Freudlich N. 2013. Primary care: Our first line of defense. New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 11 pp. (Health reform and you)

Annotation: This brief touches upon some of the critical concepts in health care reform and explains why primary care is not only important to patients, but also to the country's bottom line. Topics discussed include the medical home and medical neighborhoods; the role of information technology; incentives for change; accountable care organizations; meeting the demand for care; and expanding primary care access in underserved areas.

Keywords: Access to care, Health care reform, Medical home, Primary care

Brown E. 2005. Children's usual source of care: United States, 2002. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5 pp. (MEPS statistical brief; no. 78)

Annotation: This statistical brief provides estimates of the proportion of children under age 18 who lacked a usual source of care in 2002, by race or ethnicity, age, income, and insurance coverage. The brief introduces the problem, presents findings, discusses the data source, and provides definitions. Highlights are presented in a sidebar on page 1 of the brief. Statistical information is presented in figures grouped together at the end of the brief. References are included.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Age factors, Child health, Economic factors, Ethnic factors, Health insurance, Medical home, Racial factors, Statistics, Uninsured persons

Quinn A, Rosenbach M. 2005. Beyond coverage: SCHIP makes strides toward providing a usual source of care to low-income children: Final report. Cambridge, MA: Mathematica Policy Research, 17 pp.

Annotation: This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative evidence on the extent to which State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) enrollees report having a usual source of care. Data from state annual SCHIP reports are benchmarked against Healthy People 2010 goals, and analysis is augmented with focus group results documenting SCHIP families' perspectives and experiences on having a usual source of care, as well as challenges they encountered in finding or retaining a usual source. References are provided and statistical data are provided in tables and figures throughout the report.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Health care financing, Low income groups, Medical home, State Children's Health Insurance Program
   

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