November, 2010
Pilot survey found that 25% of low-income, largely immigrant clients surveyed reported having transportation problems that had caused them to miss or reschedule a clinic appointment in the past. Difficulties included unreliable local bus service, and a tenuous connection to a car.
March, 2008
A Florida State Unviersity study showed a rate of return on investment factor of 11:1 for eligible populations in the state program–low-income, elderly and disabled. This calculation was based on a “conservative estimate” that one out of every 100 trips (1%) prevents a one-day stay in a hospital, which results in a total benefit of […]
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
The percentages for transportation-disadvantaged adults residing in urban areas are as follows: diabetes (82.8%), heart disease (79.2%), and hypertension (80.5%). These numbers represent the percentages of the disadvantaged adults with each disease who live in urban locations and can be compared with the overall figure of 77.8% of transportation-disadvantaged adults who are urban residents.