Higher Referrals for Diabetes Education in a Medical Home Model of Care

Conclusion:
Patients in a medical home model were more likely to receive referrals for diabetes education than patients in a standard university-affiliated family medicine practice. Future longitudinal designs that match characteristics of patients with a medical home with those of patients without one will provide strong evidence to determine whether referral to diabetes education is a result of the medical home model of care independent of confounding factors.

Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - May 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Manard, W. T., Syberg, K., Behera, A., Salas, J., Schneider, F. D., Armbrecht, E., Hooks-Anderson, D., Crannage, E., Scherrer, J. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research