TY - JOUR
AU - R. J. Reid
AU - K. Coleman
AU - E. A. Johnson
AU - P. A. Fishman
AU - C. Hsu
AU - M. P. Soman
AU - C. E. Trescott
AU - M. Erikson
AU - E. B. Larson
A1 - 
AB - As the patient-centered medical home model emerges as a key vehicle to improve the quality of health care and to control costs, the experience of Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative with its medical home pilot takes on added importance. This paper examines the effects of the medical home prototype on patients' experiences, quality, burnout of clinicians, and total costs at twenty-one to twenty-four months after implementation. The results show improvements in patients' experiences, quality, and clinician burnout through two years. Compared to other Group Health clinics, patients in the medical home experienced 29 percent fewer emergency visits and 6 percent fewer hospitalizations. We estimate total savings of $10.3 per patient per month twenty-one months into the pilot. We offer an operational blueprint and policy recommendations for adoption in other health care settings.
BT - Health affairs (Project Hope)
C5 - Financing & Sustainability; Medical Home; Healthcare Policy
CP - 5
CY - United States
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0158
IS - 5
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
N2 - As the patient-centered medical home model emerges as a key vehicle to improve the quality of health care and to control costs, the experience of Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative with its medical home pilot takes on added importance. This paper examines the effects of the medical home prototype on patients' experiences, quality, burnout of clinicians, and total costs at twenty-one to twenty-four months after implementation. The results show improvements in patients' experiences, quality, and clinician burnout through two years. Compared to other Group Health clinics, patients in the medical home experienced 29 percent fewer emergency visits and 6 percent fewer hospitalizations. We estimate total savings of $10.3 per patient per month twenty-one months into the pilot. We offer an operational blueprint and policy recommendations for adoption in other health care settings.
PP - United States
PY - 2010
SN - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
SP - 835
EP - 843
EP - 
T1 - The group health medical home at year two: Cost savings, higher patient satisfaction, and less burnout for providers
T2 - Health affairs (Project Hope)
TI - The group health medical home at year two: Cost savings, higher patient satisfaction, and less burnout for providers
U1 - Financing & Sustainability; Medical Home; Healthcare Policy
U2 - 20439869
U3 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0158
VL - 29
VO - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
Y1 - 2010
ER -