ArticleJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM2024
Care Delivery in Community Health Centers Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic (2019-2022).
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- Trends in mental health care and telehealth use across area deprivation: An analysis of electronic health records from 2016 to 2024.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Sanctuary policies and type 2 diabetes medication prescription trends among community health center patients.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Frontline clinic perspectives on climate change, human health, and resilience: a national cross-sectional survey.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Care Quality and Equity in Health Centers During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Spatial Analysis of Health System Factors in Infectious Disease Management: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular disease risk management during COVID-19: in-person vs virtual visits.The American journal of managed care · 2024Article
- Examining PTSD Prevalence Among Underserved Populations in the Integrated Community Mental Health Setting 2019 to 2022.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Community Health Workers' Challenges during COVID-19: An Intersectionality Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
introductionHealth centers provide primary and behavioral health care to the nation's safety net population. Many health centers served on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought major changes to health center care delivery.
objectiveTo elucidate primary care and behavioral health service delivery patterns in health centers before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
methodsWe compared annual and monthly patients from 2019 to 2022 for new and established patients by visit type (primary care, behavioral health) and encounter visits by modality (in-person, telehealth) across 218 health centers in 13 states.
resultsThere were 1581,744 unique patients in the sample, most from health disparate populations. Review of primary care data over 4 years show that health centers served fewer pediatric patients over time, while retaining the capacity to provide to patients 65+. Monthly data on encounters highlights that the initial shift in March/April 2020 to telehealth was not sustained and that in-person visits rose steadily after November/December 2020 to return as the predominant care delivery mode. With regards to behavioral health, health centers continued to provide care to established patients throughout the PHE, while serving fewer new patients over time. In contrast to primary care, after initial uptake of telehealth in March/April 2020, telehealth encounters remained the predominant care delivery mode through 2022.
conclusionFour years of data demonstrate how COVID-19 impacted delivery of primary care and behavioral health care for patients, highlighting gaps in pediatric care delivery and trends in telehealth over time.
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