Results from a three-year pilot study of patient-centered medical homes suggest they are not effective in improving quality measures or reducing costs, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers found only one quality measure out of 11, screening for kidney disease in diabetes patients, improved in the PCMH model, according to a MedPage Today report on the study.
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Additionally, hospital admissions, emergency department use and ambulatory services use did not decrease.
Total cost of care also increased in the pilot study, rising from $389 per 1,000 patients before the study to $430 per 1,000 patients in the third year of the study.
Researchers suggest the PCMH model "may need further refinement."
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