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7/27

Kaiser Health News: UnitedHealth report on Modernizing Rural Health Care

5/23

Kaiser Family Foundation: Ensuring Access to Care in Medicaid Under Health Reform

3/21

HSC: State Variation in Primary Care Physician Supply: Implications for Health Reform Medicaid Expansions

2/24

JAMA: Work hours for U.S. doctors dropped steadily for more than a decade, mirroring a decline in inflation-adjusted fees and worsening a nationwide physician shortage

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Federally Qualified Health Centers

by Kevin Roche on Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Federally qualified community health centers are a lynchpin to providing accessible health care for lower income Americans. Two recent reports discuss quality and cost issues at these centers and indicate that they are a very good option for care.

Tags: Access, Health Care Quality, Health Care Reform, Physicians

2011 Potpourri XXV

by Kevin Roche on Friday, June 24, 2011

Summer waxes but no heat-induced torpor can stop us from producing our Potpourri of health snapshots, including the health care and health care coverage of young adults; malpractice incidence; Massachusetts health spending; online provider ratings; access to specialty care for children in public programs and options for dealing with the SGR mess.

Tags: Access, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Health Insurance, Malpractice, Medicaid, Medicare, Physicians

Accessing Acute Care and Avoiding the ER

by Kevin Roche on Friday, September 17, 2010

Health Affairs publishes several studies addressing inappropriate use of the emergency room, finding that many visits could be dealt with in other settings, but that higher copays may not deter inappropriate use.

Tags: Access, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Hospital

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10/23

In the Las Vegas area, with about 2 million people, patients and doctors said it can take six months to see a primary-care doctor for a simple check-up.

9/13

Using survey data from more than 30,700 Americans, researchers found that 36 percent said their doctor offered weekend and evening hours. And over two years, those patients spent 10 percent less on medical care than people whose doctors stuck with traditional weekday hours – a difference of more than $1,000.

9/13

Nearly half of Tennesseans living in rural areas who seek healthcare drive past the hospitals closest to their homes to look for care in more urban settings, even when their local hospitals offer the same services, a study shows.

9/13

Finding a doctor can be challenging if you’re on Medicaid, but the state and federal government are trying to change that with increased reimbursements to physicians.

8/22

If we must ration our care to hold down costs in the future, how can we do it in a fair, efficient and transparent way?