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  • Title: Access to specialty care and medical services in community health centers.
    Author: Cook NL, Hicks LS, O'Malley AJ, Keegan T, Guadagnoli E, Landon BE.
    Journal: Health Aff (Millwood); 2007; 26(5):1459-68. PubMed ID: 17848458.
    Abstract:
    Although community health centers (CHCs) provide primary health services to the medically underserved and poor, limited access to off-site specialty services may lead to poorer outcomes among underinsured CHC patients. This study evaluates access to specialty health services for patients receiving care in CHCs, using a survey of medical directors of all federally qualified CHCs in the United States in 2004. Respondents reported that uninsured patients had greater difficulty obtaining access to off-site specialty services, including referrals and diagnostic testing, than did patients with Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance.
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