Utilization of health care services among Medicare beneficiaries who visit federally qualified health centers.
Tara A LavelleAdam J RoseJustin W TimbieClaude M SetodjiSuzanne G WenskyKatherine D GiuriceoMark W FriedbergRosalie MalsbergerKatherine L KahnPublished in: BMC health services research (2018)
In this population of Medicare FFS beneficiaries, FQHC users had slightly lower utilization of ambulatory visits and slightly higher utilization of ED visits, compared to FQHC non-users, after accounting for differences in case mix. This study suggests that FQHC care and non-FQHC care are associated with broadly similar levels of healthcare utilization among Medicare FFS beneficiaries.