Effect of Elementary School-Based Health Centers in Georgia on the Use of Preventive Services.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study measures effects on the receipt of preventive care among children enrolled in Georgia's Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program associated with the implementation of new elementary school-based health centers. The study sites differed by geographic environment and predominant race/ethnicity (rural white, non-Hispanic; black, small city; and suburban Hispanic).

Methods

A quasi-experimental treatment/control cohort study used Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program claims/enrollment data for children in school years before implementation (2011-2012 and 2012-2013) versus after implementation (2013-2014 to 2016-2017) of school-based health centers to estimate effects on preventive care among children with (treatment) and without (control) acc

SUBMITTER: Adams EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8188727 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature