Journal article
Use of Federally Qualified Health Centers and Potentially Preventable Hospital Utilization Among Older Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
The Journal of ambulatory care management, Vol.40(2), pp.139-149
04/01/2017
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000158
PMCID: PMC5328847
PMID: 27893515
Abstract
Using Medicare claims data from 2007 to 2010, we sought to determine whether dual eligibles 65 years and older who utilize federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) have lower rates of ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations and emergency department visits compared with nonusers. We found that FQHC use is associated with increased ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalization rates for whites and other races, but a decrease among blacks. Depending on race, FQHC use is associated with an increase of 24 to 43 ambulatory care-sensitive emergency department visits per thousand persons annually. More research is needed to understand why FQHC use is associated with these outcomes among dual eligibles.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Use of Federally Qualified Health Centers and Potentially Preventable Hospital Utilization Among Older Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
- Creators
- Brad Wright - University of IowaAndrew J. Potter - University of IowaAmal N. Trivedi - Brown University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of ambulatory care management, Vol.40(2), pp.139-149
- DOI
- 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000158
- PMID
- 27893515
- PMCID
- PMC5328847
- NLM abbreviation
- J Ambul Care Manage
- ISSN
- 0148-9917
- eISSN
- 1550-3267
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- L60 MD007506 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA 2012225 / Retirement Research Foundation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984364392602771
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