ArticleJournal of primary care & community health2013
Does providing care for uninsured patients decrease emergency room visits and hospitalizations?
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- Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record Referral Process to Enhance Participation in Evidence-Based Arthritis Interventions.Preventing chronic disease · 2021Article
- Interventions and strategies involving primary healthcare professionals to manage emergency department overcrowding: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Typology of organizational innovation components: building blocks to improve access to primary healthcare for vulnerable populations.International journal for equity in health · 2020Review
- Implementing a Social Determinants Screening and Referral Infrastructure During Routine Emergency Department Visits, Utah, 2017-2018.Preventing chronic disease · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic disparities in the complexity of hernias evaluated at Emergency Departments across the United States.American journal of surgery · 2019Article
- Organizational interventions improving access to community-based primary health care for vulnerable populations: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2016Article
- Access to care outcomes: a telephone interview study of a suburban safety net program for the uninsured.Journal of community health · 2014Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of a Low-Cost, Hospital-Based Primary Care Clinic.Health services research and managerial epidemiologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAccess to primary care could reduce use of more costly health care by uninsured individuals through prevention and early treatment. We analyzed data from a program providing free primary care to test this hypothesis.
methodsWe compared emergency room (ER) visits and hospitalizations among uninsured, low-income adults who received immediate versus delayed access to a program providing free primary care, including labs, X-rays, and specialty consultation. We used surveys to identify ER visits and hospitalizations during the 12 months preceding and following program enrollment or wait list entry.
resultsHospitalizations decreased from the year before entry to the year following entry in participants with immediate and delayed (6.0% vs 8.8% decrease) access. ER use also decreased in both groups (11.2% vs 15.4%).
conclusionsFree primary care services and specialty consultation did not reduce use of more costly health care services during its first year. More prolonged availability of primary care might have greater impact.
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