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Aug 25, 2008
A new study, released by the George Washington University Medical Center, finds that:
- Uninsured patients seeking care at community health centers (CHC) are 22% more likely to receive a Pap smear and 17% more likely to have a breast exam than similar non-CHC patients.
- When Medicaid patients are included, CHC patients are 14% more likely to receive either procedure than non-CHC patients.
CHCs are located in medically-underserved areas and adjust their fees based on ability to pay. They are apparently more efficient than the alternatives:
- CHCs spend 41% less ($1,810) per patient than other primary care providers.
- They saved between $10 billion and $18 billion in 2004.
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Helium
August 25th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Excellent post.
Vertually every Democratic presidential candidate and quiet a few Republicans (e.g., Arnold and Mitt)called for an expansion of Medicaid. The exception is John McCain.
August 26th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Karen Davis has a post this morning which is pretty much an ode to medicaid: The Commonwealth Fund [commonwealthfund@cmwf.org]
August 26th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
An ode to an urn? Okay. To a waterfowl? Maybe. But an ode to Medicaid? What could she possibly be thinking?
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:15 am
[...] to Care Update. As we previously reported here, community health centers are better than Medicaid. They would be better still if they [...]
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 pm
My brother-in-law is a physician who works at a community health center. He has good things to say about the quality of care.