title: The Health Home: A Service Delivery Model for Autism and Intellectual Disability.
abstract: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) are lifelong conditions with profound impact on the functioning of affected individuals and their families. Optimizing developmental outcomes requires a lifelong perspective on treatment. The patient-centered health care home (health home) model is currently used to improve health outcomes and care integration in a variety of chronic general medical and psychiatric conditions. The authors propose the health home model as a new conceptual framework from which to build systems of care for persons with ASD or ID and their families. The authors describe essential elements of a health home for these populations, which would be located in a behavioral health setting. They also describe an existing model of such a health home, the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Pennsylvania.
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Philhaven Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (e-mail: mfueyo@philhaven.org ). Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fueyo
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Philhaven Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (e-mail: mfueyo@philhaven.org ). Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caldwell
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Philhaven Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (e-mail: mfueyo@philhaven.org ). Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column.
authors.forename: Sarah B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mattern
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Philhaven Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (e-mail: mfueyo@philhaven.org ). Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column.
authors.forename: Jahanara
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zahid
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Philhaven Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (e-mail: mfueyo@philhaven.org ). Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., is editor of this column.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Foley
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000628:therapy*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology