Access to Care for U.S. Health Center Patients and Patients Nationally

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

Center (category theory) · Community health center · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Medicaid · MEDLINE · Political science · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Primary Care and Health Outcomes

• Federally Qualified Health Centers

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• Predictors of Non-Attendance to the Postpartum Follow-up Visit

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• Health Insurance and Access to Care for Families with Young Children in California, 2001–2005

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• Community health centers and primary care access and quality for chronically-ill patients – a case-comparison study of urban Guangdong Province, China

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• Potential Strategies to Eliminate Built Environment Disparities for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Communities

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• HRSA-funded Health Centers Are an Important Source of Care and Reduce Unmet Needs in Primary Care Services

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• Primary Care

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• The Medical Home, Access to Care, and Insurance

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• Vulnerability and unmet health care needs

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• The Role of Federally Funded Health Centers in Serving the Rural Population

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• National health surveys by mail or home interview

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• Receipt of Preventive Care Among Adults

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• The timing of preventive services for women and children

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• Insurance or a regular physician

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• Regular source of ambulatory care and access to health services

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• Entry into primary care and continuity

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• The Effects of Having a Regular Doctor on Access to Primary Care

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• Comparing Telephone and Mail Responses to the CAHPSTM Survey Instrument

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• Access to Medical Care in the U.S

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• Vulnerability and the Receipt of Recommended Preventive Services

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• The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Primary Care Physician Participation in Medicaid

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• Using Telephone Interviews to Reduce Nonresponse Bias to Mail Surveys of Health Plan Members

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• Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Emergency Visits

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