Quality and Cost of Diabetes Mellitus Care in Community Health Centers in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine variations in the quality and cost of care provided to patients with diabetes mellitus by Community Health Centers (CHCs) compared to other primary care settings.

Research design and methods

We used data from the 2005-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (N = 2,108). We used two dependent variables: quality of care and ambulatory care expenditures. Our primary independent variable was whether the respondent received care in a Community Health Centers (CHCs) or not. We estimated logistic regression models to determine the probability of quality of care, and used generalized linear models with log link and gamma distribution to predict expenditures for CHC users compared to non-users of CHCs, conditional on patients with positive expenditures.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Richard P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4670225 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature