ArticleCureus2016
Medical Care in a Free Clinic: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Patient Experience, Incentives, and Barriers to Optimal Medical Care with Consideration of a Facility Fee.
Article in Cureus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementing a Cancer Screening Patient Registry in an Urban Student-Run Free Clinic: A Model for Preventive Care Tracking.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Chronic Disease and Cost Effectiveness of a Free Clinic.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- The Vexing Problem of Access to Health Care in America: Is Employer-Based Health Insurance the Real Culprit?Family medicine · 2024Article
- Nutrition Education Needs and Barriers of Uninsured Clients who Utilize Free Clinics in Western North Carolina.Journal of Appalachian health · 2024Article
- Patient-Level Characteristics Associated with Tobacco Users and Nonusers at a Student-Run Free Clinic.Southern medical journal · 2023Article
- GPT Technology to Help Address Longstanding Barriers to Care in Free Medical Clinics.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- The impact of having a free community eye clinic located inside a homeless shelter: a retrospective analysis of patient demographics.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Pro Bono Services in 4 Health Care Professions: A Discussion of Exemplars.Journal of chiropractic humanities · 2020Review
- Volunteering, health and the homeless - the cost of establishing a student-run primary healthcare clinic serving the inner-city homeless in South Africa.BMC health services research · 2020Article
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Free and charitable clinics are important contributors to the health of the United States population. Recently, funding for these clinics has been declining, and it is, therefore, useful to identify what qualities patients value the most in clinics in an effort to allocate funding wisely. In order to identify targets and incentives for improvement of patients' health, we performed a comprehensive analysis of patients' experience at a free clinic by analyzing a patient survey (N=94). The survey also assessed patient opinions of a small facility fee, which could be used to offset the decrease in funds. Interestingly, our patients believed it is appropriate to be charged a facility fee (78%) because it increases involvement in their care (r = 0.69, p < 0.001) and self-respect (r = 0.66, p < 0.001). Incentives to medical care include continuity of care, faith-based care, having a patient medical provider partnership, and charging a facility fee. Barriers include affordable housing, transportation, medication, and accessible information. In order to improve medical care in the uninsured population, our study suggested that we need to: 1) offer continuity of medical care; 2) offer affordable preventive health screenings; 3) support affordable transportation, housing, and medications; and 4) consider including a facility fee.
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