The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1006-1010 , June 2010

Benefits of Care Coordination for Children with Complex Disease: A Pilot Medical Home Project in a Resident Teaching Clinic

  • Thomas S. Klitzner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mattel Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas S. Klitzner, MD, PhD, Jack H. Skirball Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 951743, 10833 Le Conte Ave, B2-427 MDCC, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1743.
    • ,
  • Leslie A. Rabbitt, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Pediatrics, CHOC Children's Hospital Orange, CA
    • ,
  • Ruey-Kang R. Chang, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Pediatrics, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Received 19 June 2009 ,Revised 12 October 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 The Pediatric Medical Home Project at UCLA for Children with Special Health Care Needs has been supported by a Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Health Resources and Services Administration (H17MC00406), and a grant from the Skirball Foundation. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01240-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.012

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1006-1010 , June 2010

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