Health Center Patient Trends, Enrollment Activities, and Service Capacity: Recent Experience in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States
Issue Brief
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The total number of health centers in 2014 was 1,278 when health centers in the U.S. territories are included. Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration. National 2014 Health Center Data, 2015. http://bphc.hrsa.gov/uds/datacenter.aspx?q=tall&year=2014&state=
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Data on health centers in the U.S. territories were excluded from this analysis.
The number of responses including health centers in U.S. territories was 693.
Kaiser Family Foundation. State Health Facts: Status of State Action on the Medicaid Expansion Decision, November 2015. https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/state-activity-around-expanding-medicaid-under-the-affordable-care-act/
Kaiser Family Foundation. Medicaid Eligibility for Adults as of January 1, 2014, https://www.kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/medicaid-eligibility-for-adults-as-of-january-1-2014/
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Shin P et al., Medicaid and Community Health Centers: The Relationship between Coverage for Adults and Primary Care Capacity in Medically Underserved Communities. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2012. https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/medicaid-and-community-health-centers-the-relationship/
This hypothesis is consistent with recent findings that individuals with income of 100-150% FPL made up nearly half of Marketplace purchasers in non-expansion states, but under one-quarter of those in Medicaid expansion states. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Health Insurance Marketplaces 2015 Open Enrollment Period: March Enrollment Report." ASPE Issue Brief (2015): 1-72. http://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/health-insurance-marketplace-2015-open-enrollment-period-march-enrollment-report
Garfield et al., op. cit.
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