Sentences with phrase «access to primary care»

The closings and reduced hours also eliminated or cut back access to primary care providers for a significant number of women.

He also says 98 percent of patients in the system have access to a primary care physician and a specialist.

Without access to primary care, these patients will often end up in emergency rooms with urgent concerns, which can be tens of thousands of dollars in costs for their employers.

This group of interested clinicians and support staff provide access to the primary care population and provide advanced care options for medical and preventative strategies.

A significant number of women also lost or had reduced access to primary care providers as a consequence of limiting patient options.

«With the increased stability that comes from having a home and reduced financial burdens, and being introduced into the social service system and the access to other support services it provides, people receiving housing assistance are getting improved access to primary care health services.

Such an expansion would particularly benefit residents of medically underserved urban and rural communities who otherwise lack ready access to primary care services, especially adults with serious and chronic health conditions that can be cared for in primary care settings, women of childbearing age, children and the low - income elderly.

A 2011 Center for Disease Control (CDC) survey showed that 80 percent of adults discharged from the ER - meaning those who could be treated and were sent home - said they sought care at the ER due to lack of access to a primary care provider.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings.»

Increasing reimbursements for office visits may facilitate access to primary care among Medicaid beneficiaries, and thereby increase the likelihood of receiving appropriate cancer screening tests.

Freedom of Information requests have shown that most NHS trusts at best only cursorily audit the treatment of foreign nationals not entitled to automatic free healthcare, and GP practices do not record this information at all, despite in many other countries access to primary care having a nominal charge for all patients, including British visitors.

Mokdad said increasing access to primary care, such as general practitioners and physician assistants, would help identify patients» early warning signs of poor health.

«Poor access to primary care results in poorer health for deaf people.»

Hospitalization rates for a dozen «ambulatory care sensitive conditions» — conditions such as a urinary tract infection, diabetes, or high blood pressure, which are treatable with good access to a primary care physician — would have been expected to decline in Massachusetts if access to outpatient care had increased significantly after the state reform.

They can even fight epidemics such as Ebola and maintain access to primary care when health facilities are forced to shut their doors.

These statewide findings counter prior anecdotal perceptions that access to primary care worsened in Massachusetts after more residents gained insurance coverage.

It means that the 800,000 people in Pennsylvania and 26 million people across the country who count on a Community Health Center for their medical, dental and behavioral health needs may end up requiring costlier emergency and inpatient hospital care because access to primary care services at a health center is impaired.

The NHRA was also less than positive about the new primary care co-payments, «It is hard to see how the increase in patient contributions will assist in improving access to primary care for people in rural and remote communities» said NRHA Chairperson Tim Kelly.

The pathway to orthopaedic surgery: a population study of the role of access to primary care and availability of orthopaedic services in Ontario, Canada

He unveiled a two - pronged approach to narrowing the health gap; by improving access to primary care and focusing on prevention as much as treatment.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings.

An episode of care is a visit to the Health Services, and may include contacts with multiple health workers; and • made 3.7 million client contacts, including contacts with health staff and drivers who facilitate access to primary care, and referrals to other health services where ACCHS provided transport services.

The association between higher Medicaid reimbursements for office visits and increased likelihood of receiving cancer screenings may reflect barriers in access to primary care physicians and other providers for Medicaid enrollees in states with lower reimbursements.

On the other hand, preliminary studies have found that medical home initiatives — where patients have access to a primary care provider who can help prevent exacerbations of chronic illnesses that might otherwise lead to acute crisis — are effective in reducing ED use among Medicaid patients.

She said hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers won't have access to primary care services if Planned Parenthood is de-funded.

Despite having more family physicians per capita than many other jurisdictions, Quebec lags Ontario and Western Europe when it comes to access to primary care, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

Speaking at an NHS Alliance conference in Manchester, Mr Johnson said: «Improving access to primary care is a key priority if we are to deliver more personalised care that meets the needs of individuals and communities, especially those in more disadvantaged or deprived areas.

«Improving access to primary care and mammography screenings in these populations may improve breast cancer outcomes.»

The Veterans Choice Program (VCP) created by this act will allow eligible veterans to access to primary care, mental health care, and inpatient and outpatient care in their own communities when they can not access care through their local VA facility due to the following reasons:

As most adolescents have access to primary care, collaborative care models that bring evidence - based treatments into primary care have strong potential for improving access, quality of care and patient outcomes.