title: Good neighbors: how will the patient-centered medical home relate to the rest of the health-care delivery system?
abstract: Recent policy focus on models of the patient-centered medical home raises questions about how medical home practices will relate to the rest of the health-care delivery system. This paper presents a conceptual framework of how patients and clinicians might interact in a medical neighborhood; outlines key features of a neighborhood and incentives for medical neighbors to participate in care coordination; identifies the policy considerations in designing neighborhoods; and puts forth a research agenda to support the development and evaluation of medical neighborhoods.
authors.affiliation: Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20024, USA. mpham@hschange.org
authors.forename: Hoangmai H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Pham
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations
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