National Use of Safety-Net Clinics for Primary Care among Adults with Non-Medicaid Insurance in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the prevalence, characteristics, and predictors of safety-net use for primary care among non-Medicaid insured adults (i.e., those with private insurance or Medicare).

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis using the 2006-2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys, annual probability samples of outpatient visits in the U.S. We estimated national prevalence of safety-net visits using weighted percentages to account for the complex survey design. We conducted bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses to examine characteristics associated with safety-net clinic use.

Results

More than one-third (35.0%) of all primary care safety-net clinic visits were among adults with non-Medicaid primary insurance, representing 6,642,000 annual visits nat

SUBMITTER: Nguyen OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814117 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature