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Community health worker home visits for medicaid-enrolled children with asthma: Effects on asthma outcomes and costs

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  • Campbell, J.D.
  • Brooks, M.
  • Hosokawa, P.
  • Robinson, J.
  • Song, L.
  • Krieger, J.

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Objectives. We sought to estimate the return on investment of a streamlined version of an evidence-based community health worker (CHW) asthma home visit program. Methods. We used a randomized parallel group trial of home visits by CHWs to Medicaid-enrolled children with uncontrolled asthma versus usual care. Results. A total of 373 participants enrolled in the study (182 in the intervention group and 191 in the control group, of whom 154 and 179, respectively, completed the study). The intervention group had greater improvements in asthma symptom-free days (2.10 days more over 2 weeks; 95% CI = 1.17, 3.05; P

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  • Campbell, J.D. & Brooks, M. & Hosokawa, P. & Robinson, J. & Song, L. & Krieger, J., 2015. "Community health worker home visits for medicaid-enrolled children with asthma: Effects on asthma outcomes and costs," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(11), pages 2366-2372.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302685_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302685
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    1. Hudgins, Anastasia & Rising, Kristin L., 2016. "Fear, vulnerability and sacrifice: Drivers of emergency department use and implications for policy," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 50-57.
    2. Juha Baek & Bita A. Kash & Xiaohui Xu & Mark Benden & Jon Roberts & Genny Carrillo, 2020. "Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Hospital Length of Stay among Children with Asthma in South Texas," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-17, May.

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