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Presence of a Community Health Center and Uninsured Emergency Department Visit Rates in Rural Counties

Author: Rust, G.
Date Published: 2009


Community health centers (CHCs) provide essential access to a primary care medical home for the uninsured, especially in rural communities with no other primary care safety net. CHCs could potentially reduce uninsured emergency department (ED) visits in rural communities. We compared uninsured ED visit rates between rural counties in Georgia that have a CHC clinic site and counties without a CHC presence. The absence of a CHC is associated with a substantial excess in uninsured ED visits in rural counties, an excess not seen for ED visit rates among the insured.

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