Kara:
Thank you and Chris for sharing; this is great you are doing this work. Several other
aspects are worth mentioning.
The first is something I am sure some of the references discuss. Like the way we have
built much of our infrastructure, little attention is paid to anything other than private
motor vehicle access when planning health facilities. This sometimes leads to a false
dichotomy by "blaming" lack of MV ownership/access as an important part of the
problem. As people on this list serve know, it's more complex than that. Encouraging
more/cheaper car use among people who cannot afford it is not the solution, especially
when car dependency may be part of the reason why such people are in need of medical care
in the first place! The many feedback loops and their directions are not yet well
elucidated. A telling exercise is to go the public website of any hospital or clinic and
look for walking, biking and transit directions.
I would also suggest that such work not focus only on the sick patient and transport for
care. It is often someone else who makes the transport decision. Further, the trips
generated by inpatient illness episodes are mostly by employees, suppliers, family and
friends, not the patient. One wonders if and how disparity in outcomes might be related to
how difficult it is for family and friend supporters to be part of the disease care and
recovery experience and the role accessibility plays.
The injury dimension of transport mode and health outcomes also should not be neglected.
There is a small separate literature that looks at the safety of EMS and ambulances from a
patient perspective. National data are hard to come by, however. But ambulances and
ambulance runs can be risky endeavors. Look for the work by Dr Nadine Levick. This
pertains to non-ambulance trips as well. How many pregnant women and babies are injured
during the urgent private drive to the hospital? I doubt such episodes are tracked and I
doubt the risks of transport are ever calculated in cost benefit analyses of medical care
planning or providing in almost any setting.
Lastly, I can't put my finger on it at the moment, but there was a flurry of important
work in this area during the 70's oil embargo for obvious reasons. As private car use
and access declines on a per capita basis, a well-documented nine year trend*, the issues
of transport and healthcare access will become more and more important.
Hank Weiss
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*"Evidence suggests that the decline is likely due to changing demographics,
saturated highways, and a rising preference for compact, mixed-use neighborhoods, which
reduce the need for driving" .
http://www.ssti.us/2014/02/vmt-drops-ninth-year-dots-taking-notice/
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At UC Berkeley SafeTREC we are working on a Medicaid transportation study.
Here is some background from one of our recent publications with references at the end.
Transportation barriers have been associated with poorer health care access,
differential treatment, missed or delayed medical appointments, and lower health status
(Fitzpatrick, Powe, Cooper, Ives, & Robbins, 2004; Goodwin, Hunt, & Samet, 1993;
Gwira et al., 2006; Horton & Johnson, 2010; Okoro, Strine, Young, Balluz, &
Mokdad, 2005; Rittner & Kirk, 1995).
Transportation has been recognized as a key ele- ment of health care access, which
highlights its role to offset long-term health consequences.
Delayed medical care may adversely affect patients' quality of life and result in more
depressive symptoms (Owsley et al., 2007). These delays can also lead to an increased need
for emergency care and pre- ventable hospitalizations and result in higher medical costs
(Hughes-Cromwich & Wallace, 2006; Rust et al., 2008).
Approximately 3.6 million adults miss or delay non- emergency medical care due to
transportation barriers (Hughes-Cromwich & Wallace, 2006). The population missing
these visits may be particularly susceptible to poorer health status and higher cost of
care. These transpor- tation barriers are more likely to influence older individu- als,
females, minorities, and those with lower income levels (Hughes-Cromwich & Wallace,
2006; U.S.
Government Accountability Office, 2003). Medicaid acknowledges the importance of
transportation for vulnerable populations and the associated potential costs of delayed
medical care (Kim, Norton, & Stearns, 2009). In fact, federal Medicaid requires that
states "ensure necessary transportation for recipients to and from providers" to
help meet the needs of this population and the intent of Medicaid (The Hilltop Institute,
2008 ).
Bellamy,G. R., Stone,K., Richardson,S. K., & Goldsteen,R. L. (2003).
Getting from here to there: Evaluating West Virginia's rural nonemergency medical
transportation program. Journal of Rural Health, 19(Suppl), 397-406.
Community Transportation Association of America. (2008). Federal Register, 73, 245.
http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/
articlefiles/cms1219.pdf<http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/art…
.
Community Transportation Association of America. (2009). America's Affordable Health
Choices Act of 2009. http://
www.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/AAHCA_
BillText_071409.pdf<http://www.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefi…df>.
Community Transportation Association of America. (2010). An overview: How health care
reform impacts community and public transportation.
http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webar-
ticles/anmviewer.asp?a=1672&z=5<http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/weba…72&z=5>.
Fitzpatrick,A. L., Powe,N. R., Cooper,L. S., Ives,D. G., & Robbins,J. A.
(2004). Barriers to health care access among the elderly and who perceives them. American
Journal of Public Health, 94, 1788-1794.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.94.10.1788.
Goodwin,J. S., Hunt,W. C., & Samet,J. M. (1993). Determinants of cancer therapy in
elderly patients. Cancer, 72, 594-601.
Gwira,J. A., Vistamehr,S., Shelsta,H., Bashford,K., Forster,S., Palmisano,P.,
Shafranov,G., & Shields,M. B. (2006). Factors associated with failure to follow up
after glaucoma screening: a study in an African American population. Ophthalmology, 113,
1315-1319.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.017
Horton,S., & Johnson,R. J. (2010). Improving access to health care for uninsured
elderly patients. Public Health Nursing, 27, 362- 370.
doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00866.x
Hughes-Cromwich,P. & Wallace,R. (2006). Cost benefit analy- sis of providing
non-emergency medical transportation. Transportation Research
Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1956, 86-93.
doi:10.3141/1956-11
Kim,J., Norton,E. C., & Stearns,S. C. (2009). Transportation brokerage services and
Medicaid beneficiaries' access to care. Health Services Research, 44, 145-161.
doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00907.x
Leduc,N., Tannenbaum,T. N., Bergman,H., Champagne,F., Clarfield,A. M., & Kogan,S.
(1998). Compliance of frail elderly with health services prescribed at discharge from an
acute-care geriatric ward. Medical Care, 36, 904-914.
doi:10.1097/00005650-199806000-00013
Leutz,W., & Capitman,J. (2007). Met needs and unmet needs, and satisfaction among
Social HMO members. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 19, 1-19.
doi:10.1300/J031v19n01_01
Lynott,J., Fox-Grage,W., & Guzman,S. (2013). Weaving it together: A tapestry of
transportation funding for older adults. AARP Public Policy Institute.
http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/liv-
com2/policy/transportation/articles/weaving-it-together-trans-
portation-funding-for-older-adults-AARP-ppi-liv-com.html<http://www.aarp…
Nasvadi,G. E. & Wister,A. V. (2006). Informal social support and use of a specialized
transportation system by chronically ill older adults. Environment and Behavior, 38,
209-225. doi:10.1177/0013916505277605
Owsley,C., McGwin,G. Jr, Scilley,K., Meek,G. C., Seker,D., & Dyer,A.
(2007). Effect of refractive error correction on health-related quality of life and
depression in older nursing home residents. Archives of Ophthalmology, 125, 1471-1477.
doi:10.1001/ archopht.125.11.1471
Rittner,B., & Kirk,A. B. (1995). Health care and public transpor- tation use by poor
and frail elderly people. Social Work, 40, 365-373.
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1297015299?acc
ountid=14496 <http://search.proquest.com/docview/1297015299?accountid=14496>
Rust,G., Ye,J., Baltrus,P., Daniels,E., Adesunloye,B., & Fryer,G. E.
(2008). Practical barriers to timely primary care access: Impact on adult use of emergency
department services. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168, 1705-1710. doi:10.1001/
archinte.168.15.1705
The Hilltop Institute. (2008). Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Study Report.
http://www.hilltopinsti- tute.org/publications/Non-EmergencyMedicalTransportationSt
udyReport-September2008.pdf<http://tute.org/publications/Non-EmergencyMe…df>.
Whittier,S., Scharlach,A. E., & Dal Santo,T. S. (2005). Availability of caregiver
support services: Implications for implementation of the National Family Caregiver Support
Program. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 17, 45-62. doi:10.1300/J031v17n01_03
Yeatts,D. E., Crow,T., & Folts,E. (1992). Service use among low- income minority
elderly: Strategies for overcoming barriers. The Gerontologist, 32, 24-32.
doi:10.1093/geront/32.1.24
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Today's Topics:
1. Access to Health Care (Ed Christopher)
2. Re: Access to Health Care (Rajiv Bhatia)
3. Re: Access to Health Care (denita Jones)
4. Re: Access to Health Care (Rajiv Bhatia)
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I got asked a question today, from a transportation perspective, about
access to health care and health facilities. As I started to hunt
around on the web I thought I would throw it out to our Listserve.
Does anyone know of any research, literature or other articles that
they could pass along dealing with access to health care services?
Thanks
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There is limited information on this topic. I did a review of this
and other EJ impacts for EPA a few years ago.
A few studies have looked at transport access to facilities and their
association to health outcomes. Most studies treated the "exposure
variable" as auto ownership. Net conclusion is that auto owners have
better access to health facilities. THere is a very limited association
to health outcomes.
I would not take this as a null result -- just one that has been
understudied.
Rajiv
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I got asked a question today, from a
transportation perspective,
about access to health care and health facilities. As I started to
hunt around on the web I thought I would throw it out to our
Listserve. Does anyone know of any research, literature or other
articles that they could pass along dealing with access to health care services?
Thanks
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Im actually presenting research in that area in DC next month. I'm not
in a position now to give the names of articles (im driving) But I can
send them to you and suggest sites.
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I got asked a question today, from a
transportation perspective,
about access to health care and health facilities. As I started to
hunt around on the web I thought I would throw it out to our
Listserve. Does anyone know of any research, literature or other
articles that they could pass along dealing with access to health care services?
Thanks
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Ed
These are the studies I found in a 2009 review -- i'm sure there are
new ones.
1. Ahmed SM, Lemkau JP, Nealeigh N, and Mann B. Barriers
to healthcare access in a non-elderly urban poor American population.
Health and Social Care in the Community. 2001; 9:445-453.
2. Yang S, Zarr RL, Kass-Hout TA, Kourosh A, Kelly NR.
Transportation barriers to accessing health care for urban children.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2006; 17:928-43.
3. Rust G, Ye J, Baltrus P, Daniels E, Adesunloye B, Fryer
GE. Practical barriers to timely primary care access: impact on adult
use of emergency department services. Archives in Internal Medicine.
2008; 168:1705-1710.
4. Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Gesler WM, Powers JM. Access to
transportation and health care utilization in a rural region. Journal
of Rural Health. 2005; 21:31-38.
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about access to health care and health facilities. As I started to
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articles that they could pass along dealing with access to health care services?
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