Research on care coordination informs advocacy in two primary ways:
- Understanding the need for and access to care coordination
- Communicating information effectively with and among physicians.
The research highlight Access to Medical Home describes a national study of families' access to the key elements of a medical home. You can find out how your access to a medical home compares and contrasts with theirs. 
You can also review research questions highlighting data from the 2005/2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs about families’ access to care coordination services.
One of the key aspects of care coordination is communication among a medical provider, a family and other medical providers.
Parents as Information Intermediaries research highlight informs you about parents’ and physicians’ perceptions of parents as the communicators of medical information among primary care physicians and specialty physicians.
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