Fifty-four percent of adolescents had a past-year medical home, according to the study. That leaves 46 percent with no medical home, and rates were lower for minorities, low-income and uninsured children, according to the report. The researchers used data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health.
The study’s results can be used as a baseline to measure the spread of patient-centered medical homes, according to a UCSF report.
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