Expanding federal funding to community health centers slows decline in access for low-income adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the impact of the Health Center Growth Initiative on access to care for low-income adults.

Data sources

Data on federal funding for health centers are from the Bureau of Primary Health Care's Uniform Data System (2000-2007), and individual-level measures of access and use are derived from the National Health Interview Survey (2001-2008).

Study design

We estimate person-level models of access and use as a function of individual- and market-level characteristics. By using market-level fixed effects, we identify the effects of health center funding on access using changes within markets over time. We explore effects on low-income adults and further examine how those effects vary by insurance coverage.

Data collection

We calculate health cente

SUBMITTER: McMorrow S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4231582 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature