Journal article
COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics
Health Affairs, Vol.43(8), pp.1190-1197
08/01/2024
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00018
PMID: 39102596
Abstract
In 2020 and 2021, health centers received federal funding to support their COVID-19 pandemic response, yet little is known about how the funds were distributed. This study identified ten sources of funding distributed to 1,352 centers, ranging from $19 to $1.22 billion per center. When we examined patient and organizational characteristics by quartiles of funding per patient, health centers in the highest-funded quartile (quartile 4) were more likely rural and in the South; employed lower percentages of physicians; and had the highest percentages of sicker, uninsured, and unhoused patients. Centers in the lowest-funded quartile (quartile 1) were more likely urban, employed lower percentages of nurse practitioners, and had the highest percentages of Medicaid enrollees. With the end of pandemic-related funding in 2023, combined with Medicaid unwinding concerns, targeted investment is needed to mitigate a financial cliff and help maintain health centers’ capacity to provide high-quality services to those most in need.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics
- Creators
- Megan B. Cole - Boston UniversityBrad Wright - University of South CarolinaPaula M. Kett - University of WashingtonHannah Johnson - University of WashingtonJonathan Staloff - VA Puget Sound Health Care SystemBianca K. Frogner - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health Affairs, Vol.43(8), pp.1190-1197
- Publisher
- PROJECT HOPE
- DOI
- 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00018
- PMID
- 39102596
- ISSN
- 0278-2715
- eISSN
- 1544-5208
- Grant note
Selected results were presented in poster format at the Association of American Medical Colleges Health Workforce Research Conference in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2023; and the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, Washington, June 26, 2023. The authors appreciate editing support from Anne Basye. This publication was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $608,211 with zero percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the US government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov. To access the authors'disclosures, click on the Details tab of the article online.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2024
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984695660202771
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