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.
January, 2006
Caregivers of urban low-income children in Texas were more likely not to keep an appointment if they had the following traits: did not use a car to the last kept appointment; did not keep an appointment in the past due to transportation problems; had more than two people in the household; and did not keep […]
January, 2006
Those who fall into the target population of 3.6 million who miss or delay care due to lack of transportation possess distinct characteristics that separate them from the rest of the U.S. population, and these are explained in detail in the earlier paper (1) and a TCRP report stemming from this project (2). In short, […]
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 […]