ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Federally Qualified Health Center Penetration Associated With Reduced Community COVID-19 Mortality in Four United States Cities.
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- mHealth Intervention to Improve Hypertension Care in High-Risk Patients.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Trial
- [Social determinants and COVID-19 mortality: Systematic review of the role of primary care].Atencion primaria · 2026Article
- Continuity of Primary Care in Community Health Centers.Annals of family medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of philanthropic investment on integrating social determinants of health into diabetes care at US federally qualified health centers.Dialogues in health · 2025Article
- Change in Postpartum Visit and Contraception Rates Pre-COVID-19 to Post-Lockdown in Six U.S. Federally Qualified Health Centers.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Eye Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers.Ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Care Quality and Equity in Health Centers During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Access to Federally Qualified Health Centers and HIV Outcomes in the U.S. South.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing a multilevel, multicomponent intervention promoting colorectal cancer screening in health centers: a qualitative study of key informant perspectives.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on health care access and delivery, with disparate effects across social and racial lines. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) provide critical primary care services to the nation's most underserved populations, including many communities hardest hit by COVID-19.
methodsWe conducted an ecological analysis that aimed to examine FQHC penetration, COVID-19 mortality, and socio-demographic factors in 4 major United States cities: New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; and Seattle, Washington.
resultsWe found the distribution of COVID-19 cases and mortality varied spatially and in magnitude by city. COVID-19 mortality was significantly higher in communities with higher percentages of low-income residents and higher percentages of racial/ethnic minority residents. FQHC penetration was protective against increased COVID-19 mortality, after model adjustment.
conclusionsOur study underpins the critical role of safety-net health care and policymakers must ensure investment in long-term sustainability of FQHCs, through strategic deployment of capital, workforce development, and reimbursement reform.
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