February, 2009
Using a difference-in-differences model to assess the effects of transportation brokerage services on access to care in KY and GA, researchers found that for both study populations, the increased use of any health care services accompanied with decreased expenditures conditional on any use led to a decrease in total expenditures by $18 per person per […]
February, 2009
Using a difference-in-differences model to assess the effects of transportation brokerage services on access to care in KY and GA, researchers found for diabetic adults, nonemergency transportation costs decreased despite increased monthly use of health services (the authors hypothesize that before transportation brokerage services, adults with diabetes might have overused these services); average monthly medical […]
February, 2009
Using a difference-in-differences model to assess the effects of transportation brokerage services on access to care in KY and GA, researchers found for asthmatic children, brokerage services increased nonemergency transportation expenditures and the likelihood of using any services (perhaps because before transportation brokerage services, children might have underused the transportation services); reductions in monthly expenditures […]
March, 2008
A Florida State Unviersity study showed a rate of return on investment factor of 11:1 for eligible populations in the state program–low-income, elderly and disabled. This calculation was based on a “conservative estimate” that one out of every 100 trips (1%) prevents a one-day stay in a hospital, which results in a total benefit of […]
July, 2007
We analyze the incentive effects of organizational forms on brokers’ performance with a simple model of moral hazard. We show that, given the compensation structure, a broker supplies more effort on both quality assurance and cost reduction but less effort on screening trip eligibility as its share of transit services increases. Consequently, the number of […]