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Leiyu Shi1, De-Chih Lee, Geraldine Pierre Haile
1Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Shi); Da-Yeh University, Taiwan (Dr Lee); Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center, Baltimore, Maryland (Drs Shi, Lee, and Haile and Ms Liang); US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Rockville, Maryland (Ms Chung and Dr Sripipatana); and Mathematica Policy Research, Oakland, California (Dr Haile).
Abstract:
This study examined access to care and satisfaction among health center patients with chronic conditions. Data for this study were obtained from the 2009 Health Center Patient Survey. Dependent variables of interest included 5 measures of access to and satisfaction with care, whereas the main independent variable was number of chronic conditions. Results of bivariate analysis and multiple logistic regressions showed that patients with chronic conditions had significantly higher odds of reporting access barriers than those without chronic conditions. Our results suggested that additional efforts and resources are necessary to address the needs of health center patients with chronic conditions.
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