Table 1: Comprehensive care offers an enhanced-medical home model that includes a family-center approach to promote prompt effective care with the goal to reduce serious illnesses.
| Intervention |
Usual Care |
Comprehensive Care |
| Experienced caregivers knowledgeable about each patient and available 24/7 by cell phone with EMR access |
No |
Yes |
| High priority given to prevent unnecessary ED visits and hospitalizations |
No |
Yes |
| Identification each day of all hospitalizations and ED visits to assure prompt follow up and care coordination |
No |
Yes |
| Same day and walk-in appointment |
No |
Yes |
| Subspecialist in the clinic |
No |
Yes* |
| Bilingual providers (Spanish, English) |
Sometimes |
Always |
| Coordination of care by Nurse Practitioners |
No |
Yes |
| Nutritionist and Social worker in clinic |
No |
Yes |
| Low provider-to-patient ratio |
No |
Yes# |
*Pediatric Pulmonary as a Primary care provider, Adolescence medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Allergy and Immunology, Infectious diseases in clinic one per month and on call 24/7 over phone.
#Provider-to-patient ratio: (<1:50).