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Quality Of Care In Community Health Centers And Factors Associated With Performance, Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Julia Paradise
Quality Of Care In Community Health Centers And Factors Associated With Performance, Peter Shin, Jessica Sharac, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Julia Paradise
Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative
Federally funded community health centers are a key source of comprehensive primary care for medically underserved communities, serving more than 20 million patients in 2011. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded the health center program significantly to help meet the increased demand for health care that is expected as millions of the uninsured gain health coverage, beginning in 2014. Especially given health centers’ growing role, evidence of the quality of care they provide is of keen interest. Most research shows high performance by health centers relative to various standards, but some gaps have also been found, and suitable benchmarks for …