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Uninsured And Medicaid Patients' Access To Preventive Care: Comparison Of Health Centers And Other Primary Care Providers, Avi Dor, Yuriy Pylypchuck, Peter Shin, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Uninsured And Medicaid Patients' Access To Preventive Care: Comparison Of Health Centers And Other Primary Care Providers, Avi Dor, Yuriy Pylypchuck, Peter Shin, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative
This issue of Research Briefs examines health centers' role in reducing disparities in preventive health care access by medically vulnerable and high risk populations. The analysis uses information from several national data sources to examine differences in the provision of preventive health care to Medicaid and uninsured patients between health centers and other primary care providers.
Key Findings:
- Compared to those treated by other primary care providers, Medicaid and uninsured patients treated by health centers are significantly poorer, in significantly worse health, and in the case of uninsured patients, more likely to be members of racial and ethnic minority groups. …