Brian Chan, Samuel T Edwards, Priya Srikanth, Matthew Mitchell, Meg Devoe, Christina Nicolaidis, Devan Kansagara, P Todd Korthuis, Rachel Solotaroff, Somnath Saha
IMPORTANCE: Intensive primary care interventions have been promoted to reduce hospitalization rates and improve health outcomes for medically complex patients, but evidence of their efficacy is limited. OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of a multidisciplinary ambulatory intensive care unit (A-ICU) intervention on health care utilization and patient-reported outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The Streamlined Unified Meaningfully Managed Interdisciplinary Team (SUMMIT) randomized clinical trial used a wait-list control design and was conducted at a health care clinic for patients experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon...
November 1, 2023: JAMA Network Open