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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Specialized Care without the Subspecialist: A Value Opportunity for Secondary Care.

Eyal Cohen, C Jason Wang, Barry Zuckerman

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Eyal CohenDepartment of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada. eyal.cohen@sickkids.ca.
C Jason WangCenter for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention and Division of General Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. cjwang1@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6278-4889
Barry ZuckermanDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. barry.zuckerman@bmc.org.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An underutilized value strategy that may reduce unnecessary subspecialty involvement in pediatric healthcare targets the high-quality care of children with common chronic conditions such as obesity, asthma, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder within primary care settings. In this commentary, we propose that "secondary care", defined as specialized visits delivered by primary care providers, a general pediatrician, or other primary care providers, can obtain the knowledge, skill and, over time, the experience to manage one or more of these common chronic conditions by creating clinical time and space to provide condition-focused care. This care model promotes familiarity, comfort, proximity to home, and leverages the provider's expertise and connections with community-based resources. Evidence is provided to prove that, with multi-disciplinary and subspecialist support, this model of care can improve the quality, decrease the costs, and improve the provider's satisfaction with care.

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chronic conditionshealthcare deliveryhealth services researchmultidisciplinary careprimary caresubspecialty care

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PMID29866987
PMCPMC6025251

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