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.
May, 2006
The only socio-demographic variable associated with MTP utilization was ethnicity. African-Americans were more likely to be MTP users while whites were more likely to be MTP non-users. African-Americans and Hispanics traditionally have some of the lowest utilization rates of health care services. For example, African-American children are particularly vulnerable, having the lowest immunization rates that […]
May, 2006
It is clear that among families with young children at home, families that do access MTP services report greater utilization of EPSDT visits than those who do not. Among families with 2 or more children five or under at home, MTP users reported greater utilization, 1.2 greater EPSDT visits than MTP non-users.
May, 2006
A better measurement of access is EPSDT utilization. Because these checkups are scheduled at periodic intervals and are for preventive, not ambulatory care, it better measures access to similar services. When comparing EPSDT utilization among users and non-users of MTP services, those that access MTP services tend to report higher utilization (p<.05) of EPSDT services. […]
May, 2006
To assess the impacts of medical transportation services on utilization of the total number of health care services the child received during the past year and the total number of EPSDT services the child received during the past year, respondents were analyzed along the strata MTP users and MTP non-users. Indeed, utilization of MTP services […]