Health Care Reform: School-Based Health Centers Can Promote Access to Care. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives.

Institution	General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div.
Titel	Health Care Reform: School-Based Health Centers Can Promote Access to Care. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives.
Quelle	(1994), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Recht; Case Studies; Child Health; Elementary Secondary Education; Health Care Costs; Health Facilities; Medical Services; Mental Health; Public Health Legislation; School Health Services; School Nurses; School Personnel; Sick Child Care + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Gesundheitszentrum; Arzt; Psychohygiene; Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Schulpersonal
Abstract	This study examined one method of delivering care to underserved children: school-based health centers (SBHCs). These centers, located on school grounds, can provide preventative, medical and mental health services to children of that school. Results of the study suggest that SBHCs do improve children's access to health care. SBHCs can help to overcome financial and nonfinancial barriers that currently limit access, including the lack of health insurance, transportation difficulties, and insufficient attention to the particular needs of adolescents. School-based health centers around the nation face a common set of problems. For example, centers lack a stable source of funding, do not always have sufficient resources for meeting their patients' health needs, and have difficulty obtaining reimbursement from public and private insurers. They also face problems recruiting and retaining appropriately trained staff. Furthermore, local debates over the appropriateness of providing reproductive health services in SBHCs have constrained centers' ability to meet some adolescents' health needs. Federal health care reform that increases access to insurance coverage could alleviate some of the problems faced by SBHCs. However, reform that includes expansion of the role of managed care networks may exacerbate financing problems because of the reluctance of these networks to reimburse SBHCs. (JBJ)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC