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Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who receive care in a medical home — MICH‑19

Status: Getting worse

  
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Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
46.6 percent (2020-21)

Target:
53.6 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
48.6 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years received care in a medical home in 2016-17

Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who receive care in a medical home

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the medical home model of care “is a family-centered partnership within a community-based system that provides uninterrupted care with appropriate payment to support and sustain optimal health outcomes.” Many children in the United States don’t get care in a medical home. Evidence shows that children who do are more likely to have preventive health care visits and better health outcomes.