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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedLopez JM, Wing H, Ackerman SL
Community health center staff perspectives on financial payments for social care.
The purpose of this study was to examine how community health center (CHC) staff perceive the current and potential influence of fee-for-service payments on clinical teams' engagement in these activities. The researchers interviewed 42 clinicians, frontline staff, and administrative leaders employed by12 Oregon CHC clinical sites about their social care initiatives. The study grouped the findings into three categories: 1. participants' awareness of existing or anticipated financial incentives, 2. uses for incentive dollars, and 3. perceived impact of financial incentives on social care activities in clinical practices. Current or anticipated important uses for incentive dollars included paying for social care staff, providing social services, and supporting additional fundraising efforts. Frontline staff reported that the strongest influence on clinic social care practices was the ability to provide responsive social services. Clinic leaders reported that for financial incentives to significantly change CHC practices would necessitate payments large enough to expand the social care workforce as well.
AHRQ-funded; HS026435.
Citation: Lopez JM, Wing H, Ackerman SL .
Community health center staff perspectives on financial payments for social care.
Milbank Q 2023 Dec; 101(4):1304-26. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12667..
Keywords: Community-Based Practice, Payment, Healthcare Delivery