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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedCarey K, Luo Q, Dor A
Quality and cost in community health centers.
This study’s objective was to explore the relationship between quality and average cost of medical visits provided in US Community Health Centers (CHCs) using composite measures of quality. The authors used the Uniform Data System collected by the Bureau of Primary Care to construct composite measures by combining 9 process and 2 outcome indicators of primary care quality provided in 1331 US CHCs during 2015-2018. They explored different weighting schemes and different combinations of individual quality indicators. They used generalized linear modeling to regress average cost of a medical visit on composite quality measures, controlling for patient and health center factors. The average cost of a medical visit was negatively associated with quality, although the magnitude of the effect varies with different weighting schemes.
AHRQ-funded; HS026816.
Citation: Carey K, Luo Q, Dor A .
Quality and cost in community health centers.
Med Care 2021 Sep;59(9):824-28. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001571.
AHRQ-funded; HS026816..
AHRQ-funded; HS026816..
Keywords: Community-Based Practice, Quality of Care, Healthcare Costs