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PEDIATRICS
Volume 142, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-4278
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- Maternal and Child Health Research Program [R40MC25677]
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau
- Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Science University of California, Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant [UL1TR001881]
- Skirball Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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OBJECTIVES: We sought to examine the effect of a caregiver coaching intervention, Plans for Action and Care Transitions (PACT), on hospital use among children with medical complexity (CMC) within a complex care medical home at an urban tertiary medical center. METHODS: PACT was an 18-month caregiver coaching intervention designed to influence key drivers of hospitalizations: (1) recognizing critical symptoms and conducting crisis plans and (2) supporting comprehensive hospital transitions. Usual care was within a complex care medical home. Primary outcomes included hospitalizations and 30-day readmissions. Secondary outcomes included total charges and mortality. Intervention effects were examined with bivariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: From December 2014 to September 2016, 147 English-and Spanish-speaking CMC < 18 years old and their caregivers were randomly assigned to PACT (n = 77) or usual care (n = 70). Most patients were Hispanic, Spanish-speaking, and publicly insured. Although in unadjusted intent-to-treat analyses, only charges were significantly reduced, both hospitalizations and charges were lower in adjusted analyses. Hospitalization rates (per 100 child-years) were 81 for PACT vs 101 for usual care (adjusted incident rate ratio: 0.61 [95% confidence interval 0.38-0.97]). Adjusted mean charges per patient were $14 206 lower in PACT. There were 0 deaths in PACT vs 4 in usual care (log-rank P = .04). CONCLUSIONS: Among CMC within a complex care program, a health coaching intervention designed to identify, prevent, and manage patient-specific crises and postdischarge transitions appears to lower hospitalizations and charges. Future research should confirm findings in broader populations and care models.
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