Community health center efficiency: the role of grant revenues in health center efficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the relationship between external environments, organizational characteristics, and technical efficiency in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). We tested the relationship between grant revenue and technical efficiency in FQHCs.

Data sources/study design

Secondary data were collected in each year from the Uniform Data System (UDS) on 644 eligible U.S.-based FQHCs between 2005 and 2007. The study employs a retrospective longitudinal cohort design with instrumental variables.

Principal findings

Increased grant revenues did not increase the probability that a health center would be on the efficiency frontier. However, increased grant revenues had a negative association with technical efficiency for health centers that were not fully efficient.

SUBMITTER: Amico PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3976192 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature