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9 Introduction Access to health care is critical for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing diseases, and working toward health equity for all Americans (1)
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10 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services Transportation ensures a community's connection to health-care services, and a lack of transportation is often cited as a barrier to health-care access (6)
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Why Should Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care? 11 The Need for Transportation to Health Care A comprehensive review of the research on transportation's role in health-care access comes from a report on the Rides to Wellness Community Scan Project (14)
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12 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services The Rides to Wellness Community Scan Project goes on to find: • Rates of missed appointments vary widely across health-care sites. • Demographic factors, such as race, ethnicity, and income status, are associated with missed appointments.
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Why Should Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care? 13 Individuals with disabilities also experience higher rates of poverty than those without disabilities, compounding their difficulties in accessing health care.
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14 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services Reimbursement for Medicaid NEMT varies by state. Several states use prior approval processes or limit the number of trips allowed per month, while other states contract with local community agencies, vendors, individual drivers, or brokers to coordinate services.
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Why Should Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care? 15 Health-care providers can also take action by sharing information about existing transportation programs available to their patients.
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16 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services To conduct a CHNA, hospitals are required to (39) : • Identify the significant health needs of the community, prioritize those needs, and identify potential measures and resources available to address the needs.
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Why Should Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care? 17 Information About Available Transportation Options Another information-sharing strategy involves marketing existing transportation programs to build ridership and community buy-in, especially for new transportation programs.
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18 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services transportation network companies (TNCs) and taxis understand this and actively pursue contracts and agreements with health-care providers.
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Why Should Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care? 19 health-care services (47)
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20 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services • Seek support from foundations that focus on improving access to health care for vulnerable population groups. There are a number of examples that depend on support from local hospitals or medical center foundations.
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Why Should Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care?
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22 Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health-Care Services (NEMT) Brokerages on Transportation Coordination." March 2014.
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