340B Participation and Safety Net Engagement Among Federally Qualified Health Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The 340B program provides discounts on outpatient drugs to certain hospitals and federally supported clinics (covered entities) that can be used to generate revenue to fund safety net care. While numerous studies have found no association between 340B and safety net care provision for most hospital covered entities, less is known about whether federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), the largest group of covered entities after hospitals, use the program to enhance safety net care.

Objective

To assess whether a proxy for 340B revenue was associated with increased safety net care provision among FQHCs.

Design and setting

This descriptive, retrospective cohort study examined care provided from 2005 to 2022 by 1468 FQHCs that submitted to the Health Resource

SUBMITTER: Watts E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature