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 […]
May, 2006
Many elderly, low-income, and minority individuals who need preventive care are transportation disadvantaged. The problem is particularly acute in Texas. The Texas Legislature’s Sunset Advisory Commission issued the following statement in a 1998 report: “Transportation is among the most frequently cited barriers to service delivery for health and human services clients in Texas. Without transportation, […]
May, 2006
In TX, some estimates have indicated that nearly 90 percent of Medicaid recipients receiving welfare benefits do not own a private automobile. With such a large percentage of TX Medicaid recipients without access to a private automobile and the TX Medicaid program providing services for fewer than 7 percent of them, there is a huge […]