title: Systematic review of medical home models to promote transitions to primary adult health care for adolescents living with autism spectrum disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a growing number of children diagnosed and living with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the United States. This increasing incidence and prevalence of ASDs require care coordination within a medical home model, which needs to continue into adulthood.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper is an evidence review of medical home models for transitioning adolescents living with ASDs from pediatric primary healthcare practices to adult primary care practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Databases were reviewed and articles selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine articles were reviewed and four met criteria. None of the articles addressed medical home models to transition adolescents living with ASDs into adult primary healthcare services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need for nursing to work within an interdisciplinary framework to educate adult healthcare providers on the needs of adolescents living with ASDs and to evaluate medical home transition models for this vulnerable population.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor,  Department of Nursing, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Zeni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescents; autism spectrum disorders; evidence review; medical home; systematic review; transition