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 […]
January, 2007
From a sample of 303 African Americans with diabetes, 50% of anticipated encountering barriers to their visit, with the majority (59%) of which citing transportation problems as their biggest barrier to returning for a follow-up visit. The chance of encountering an obstacle was greater among women.
January, 2006
Authors find that the provision of NEMT to those who currently lack it results in a net cost savings across the transportation and health care domains for four of these conditions (prenatal care, asthma, heart disease, and diabetes) and is cost-effective for the remaining eight conditions (influenza vaccinations, breast cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening, dental […]
January, 2005
In the preventive arena, lack of transportation can lead to underimmunization, difficulties in administering screening programs, failure to attend pediatric checkups, and lack of prenatal care for poor women.For chronic problems, numerous studies have documented a lack of care because of transportation barriers. Conover and Whetten-Goldstein, for example, found that 16.7% of AIDS and HIV […]