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Access to care for U.S. health center patients and patients nationally: how do the most vulnerable populations fare?

Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health & Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Medical Care (impact factor: 3.41). 04/2007; 45(3):206-13. DOI:10.1097/01.mlr.0000252160.21428.24
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ABSTRACT This study examined access to care for uninsured and Medicaid-insured community health center patients in comparison to nonhealth center patients nationally. Using nationally representative data from 2 major surveys in 2002, there was a positive association between seeking care in community health centers and self-reported access to care for both uninsured and Medicaid patients. This suggests that health centers may fill a critical gap in access to care for patients who use their services. Given recent budget cuts to the Medicaid program, health centers remain an important policy option to assure access to care for vulnerable populations.

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Keywords

2 major surveys
 
community health centers
 
health centers
 
Medicaid patients
 
Medicaid-insured community health center patients
 
nationally representative data
 
nonhealth center patients
 
patients
 
policy option
 
positive association
 
recent budget cuts
 
self-reported access
 
vulnerable populations
 

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