Puerto Rico's community health centers in a time of crisis
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Policy research brief (Geiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative)
- Author(s):
- Shin, Peter, author Sharac, Jessica, author Luis, Marie Nina, author Rosenbaum, Sara, author
- Contributor(s):
- Geiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, issuing body. Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, issuing body. George Washington University, issuing body. Milken Institute School of Public Health. Department of Health Policy and Management, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, December 14, 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Centers -- economics Community Health Centers -- statistics & numerical data Community Health Centers -- trends Community Health Services -- economics Community Health Services -- statistics & numerical data Community Health Services -- trends Insurance Coverage -- economics Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- economics Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured Forecasting Health Care Reform Insurance, Health -- statistics & numerical data Medicare -- statistics & numerical data Quality Indicators, Health Care Humans Puerto Rico United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2014, Puerto Rico's twenty federally funded community health centers, operating in 71 sites located throughout the Commonwealth, served 330,736 patients, approximately one in ten Commonwealth residents. Compared to other Puerto Rico residents, health center patients are less likely to be insured. Despite considerable growth in Medicaid as a result of the supplemental funding provided under the Affordable Care Act, in 2014, 12.2% of health center patients remained uninsured. Compared to health centers outside Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico's health centers show a greater proportion of Medicaid patients served (69% compared to 46% outside Puerto Rico), a greater dependence on physician staffing, and higher performance on most key quality measures. Health centers are key participants in Puerto Rico's Medicaid managed care program as well as Medicare Advantage and make extensive use of health information technology. While supplemental Medicaid expansion funding from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appears to have enabled significant growth in health centers' service capacity, health centers identified a number of technical and financial barriers to expansion. The ongoing ability of Puerto Rico's health centers to meet the growing need among higher risk populations for accessible health care depends heavily on the extent to which the structural shortcomings of Medicare and Medicaid financing are addressed.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (19 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101735521 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101735521