January, 2014
Of the Medicaid beneficiares with asthma in the rural areas, there was no statistically significant difference in the recommended number of visits completed between those who used and did not use NEMT.
January, 2014
4.15% of Medicaid patients with asthma in the urban area used NEMT services, of which 81.25% made the recommended number of visits to a provider, whereas of those who did not use NEMT services only 54.82% made the requisite number of visits.
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 […]