Clinician Staffing and Quality of Care in US Health Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health centers are vital primary care safety nets for underserved populations, but optimal clinician staffing associated with quality care is unclear. Understanding the association of clinician staffing patterns with quality of care may inform care delivery, scope-of-practice policy, and resource allocation.

Objective

To describe the association of clinician staffing models and ratios with quality-of-care metrics in health centers.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of US health centers used data from the 2022 Health Resources and Services Administration Uniform Data System (UDS).

Exposure

Clinician staffing ratios, expressed as the fraction of full-time equivalents (FTEs) per 1000 visits of physicians, advanced practice reg

SUBMITTER: Sun QW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581487 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature