Use of a Preventive Index to Examine Clinic-Level Factors Associated With Delivery of Preventive Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is an increasing need for the development of new methods to understand factors affecting delivery of preventive care. This study applies a new measurement approach and assesses clinic-level factors associated with preventive care delivery.

Methods

This retrospective longitudinal cohort study of 94 community health centers used electronic health record data from the OCHIN community health information network, 2014-2015. Clinic-level preventive ratios (time covered by a preventive service/time eligible for a preventive service) were calculated in 2017 for 12 preventive services with A or B recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force along with an aggregate preventive index for all services combined. For each service, multivariable negative b

SUBMITTER: Hatch BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684138 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature