Director's Update

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

• AHRQ's Safety Net Monitoring Initiative: Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP):
  • Used in compiling first report of status of Missouri's safety net.
  • Analyzed 118 measures of county-level safety net.
  • Ranking system highlighted counties with limited access, gaps in services, shortages of providers.
  • Policymakers can now identify priority areas in need of resources.

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