Archive of Special Populations (children, elderly, disabled)

Medicaid Expansion and Premium Assistance: The Importance of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) to Coordinated Care for Chronically Ill Patients

March, 2014

Because people on hemodialysis must receive treatment 2-3 times/week, reliable transportation is essential to ensure that hemodialysis patients have access to their treatment centers. According to the US Renal Data System, the majority of hemodialysis patients rely on others to transport them to and from the clinic, with 66.8% of patients being driven by others, […]

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MJS & Company (citing CE Latham, Obstacles to achieving adequate dialysis dose: Compliance, education, transportation, and reimbursement, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 32, Issue 6, Supplement 4, Dec. 1998, pages S93-S95)