What Factors Are Associated With Medicaid Patients’ Use of Health Centers?

Objective: To identify patient and neighborhood factors associated with health center (HC) use. Methods: A cross-sectional study of Medicaid fee-for-service claims in 2009 comparing HC users and nonusers. Results: Dually eligible patients (odds ratio [OR] 95% CI = [0.60, 0.61]) and those with high c...

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Autores principales: Gao, Yihe N., Nocon, Robert S., Sharma, Ravi, Huang, Elbert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28142316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150131916687919
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description Objective: To identify patient and neighborhood factors associated with health center (HC) use. Methods: A cross-sectional study of Medicaid fee-for-service claims in 2009 comparing HC users and nonusers. Results: Dually eligible patients (odds ratio [OR] 95% CI = [0.60, 0.61]) and those with high chronic disease burden (OR 95% CI = [0.73, 0.74]) had lower odds of HC use. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants (OR 95% CI = [1.20, 1.24]), black (OR 95% CI = [1.33, 1.36]) and Hispanic (OR 95% CI = [1.22, 1.25]) beneficiaries had higher odds. Local HC presence predicted higher HC use (OR 95% CI = [2.63, 2.70]). Conclusion: Findings may be useful in steering HC policies affecting critical access for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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spelling pubmed-54696962017-07-01 What Factors Are Associated With Medicaid Patients’ Use of Health Centers? Gao, Yihe N. Nocon, Robert S. Sharma, Ravi Huang, Elbert S. J Prim Care Community Health Original Research Objective: To identify patient and neighborhood factors associated with health center (HC) use. Methods: A cross-sectional study of Medicaid fee-for-service claims in 2009 comparing HC users and nonusers. Results: Dually eligible patients (odds ratio [OR] 95% CI = [0.60, 0.61]) and those with high chronic disease burden (OR 95% CI = [0.73, 0.74]) had lower odds of HC use. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants (OR 95% CI = [1.20, 1.24]), black (OR 95% CI = [1.33, 1.36]) and Hispanic (OR 95% CI = [1.22, 1.25]) beneficiaries had higher odds. Local HC presence predicted higher HC use (OR 95% CI = [2.63, 2.70]). Conclusion: Findings may be useful in steering HC policies affecting critical access for Medicaid beneficiaries. SAGE Publications 2017-01-31 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5469696/ /pubmed/28142316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150131916687919 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28142316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150131916687919
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